Sørens halvfætter fik plads på Kunstakademiet i 1824. Her samlede han sig især om portrættegningen, som han underviste i privat og på Landkadetakademiet fra 1833 til 1861. Når han tegnede Søren, var det formentlig for at glæde kusinen Julie Kierkegaard med et af de familieportrætter, som hun samlede på og indsatte i sit slægtsalbum. På dets titelblad indrammer et ornamentalt bladmotiv ordene "Mindeblade for Julie A. Thomsen, f. Kierkegaard".

Søren's second cousin was accepted at the art academy in 1824. Here he concentrated on drawing portraits, in which he gave private lessons and taught at the Army Cadet School from 1833 to 1861. His drawing of Søren was probably done to please his cousin Julie Kierkegaard by providing her with one of the family portraits she collected and pasted into her family album. On its title page an ornamental leaf motif frames the words "Remembrance pages for Julie A. Thomsen, née Kierkegaard."

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