Comment on 28.7.1805

The last preserved letter from Gotskalk Thorvaldsen which the son had received was from 3.5.1803, i.e. more than two years old. Here the father reproaches his son for not having returned as Thorvaldsen goes on to mention.
There may of course have been letters sent later by Gotskalk Thorvaldsen, which are not preserved today. It is, for instance, remarkable that no letter exists in which the father tells his son about his mother’s death 7.1.1804.

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