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Chap. XI. THE THORVALDSEN MUSEUM. 181
and lastly, the plaster cast of the sculptor’s hand, taken
after death, between the fingers of which is inserted the
very spatula he used in the moulding of his last work,
the head of Luther.
Admirable is the arrangement of this museum—a
credit to the talents of the illustrious man who adorned
it with such glorious produce of his art, and not less
a credit to the country who appreciated him as he
deserved, and, setting aside all jealousy of rank, birth,
and precedence, acknowledged and treated as the “ first
personage of the kingdom ” the son of an humble
carpenter, Bertel Thorvaldsen.
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