Francis Danby, a British painter born in Ireland, probably was inspired by Géricault's picture when he painted Sunset at Sea after a Storm in 1824, and wrote in 1829 that The Raft of the Medusa was "the finest and grandest historical picture I have ever seen".
Francis Danby, pintor británico nado en Irlanda, inspirouse no cadro de Géricault para a súa obra Anoitecer no Mar tras unha Tormenta de 1824, e escribiu en 1829 que A Balsa da Medusa "foi a mellor e máis grandiosa pintura histórica que nunca vin".