3.2.1844

Sender

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Sender’s Location

København

Information on sender

Brevet er endnu ikke sammenholdt med originalen, og informationer om eventuelle stempler og segl kendes derfor endnu ikke.

Recipient

Jørgen Koch

Recipient’s Location

København

Information on recipient

Udskrift: ST Hr Etatsraad Koch.

Dating based on

Dateringen fremgår af brevet.

Abstract

Thorvaldsen declines an invitation on the ground that he has already accepted an invitation to J.F. Schouw’s birthday.

Document

S.T. Hr. Etatsraad Koch.
Da jeg har lovet mig bort for lang tid siden, til Professor SchouvsI Fødselsdag, uden at vide at det netop var paa Onsdag d. 7deII, beklager jeg meget, at maatte renoncere paa Deres ærede InbydelseIII

  erbødigst
Charlottenborg d 3: F: 1844. A: Thorvaldsen

Oversættelse af dokument

S.T. Titular Councillor of State,
As I have long ago accepted another invitation to professor Schouv’s birthday without knowing that it was exactly on Wednesday the 7th I am sorry to have to renounce your invitation.

  Yours faithfully
Charlottenborg, Febr. 3rd 1844 A. Thorvaldsen


[Translated by Karen Husum]

Document Type

Færdigt dokument af koncipist

Amanuensis

Christine Stampe

Archival Reference

Håndskriftafdelingen, Det Kongelige Bibliotek, NKS 2335, 2o.

Thiele

Ikke omtalt hos Thiele.

Subjects

Persons

Commentaries

  1. The Danish botanist and politician J.F. Schouw, who was the brother-in-law of the copyist of the letter Christine Stampe.

  2. See the Thorvaldsen chronology 7.2.1844.

  3. The invitation dated before 3.2.1844 from Jørgen Koch to Thorvaldsen has not been identified. See also the article Lost Letters.

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