According to Hubert Wellington, Delacroix—who would become the standard-bearer of French Romanticism after Géricault's death—wrote, "Géricault allowed me to see his Raft of Medusa while he was still working on it.
Segundo Hubert Wellington, Delacroix —que se converteu nun dos grandes expoñentes do romanticismo francés trala morte de Géricault— escribiu: "Géricault permitiume ver a súa Balsa da Medusa mentres aínda estaba traballando nela.