Delacroix's enthusiasm for the medium can be sensed in a journal entry noting that if photographs were used as they should be, an artist might "raise himself to heights that we do not yet know".

德拉克罗瓦对于这一艺术形式的热情可以从一篇日志中感受出来，这篇日志中写道，如果照片以原本该有的形式被使用，艺术家也许能“把自己提升到我们尚未了解的高度”。