Christian 8. and Caroline Amalie pay a one-day visit to Præstø and Nysø in order to see Thorvaldsen and his statue of himself, Nysø1. A party for 60 persons at Nysø.

Primary sources

• Documents concerning the subject Christian 8.’s visit at Nysø 3.10.1840.

• Rigmor Stampe (ed.): Baronesse Stampes Erindringer om Thorvaldsen, Copenhagen 1912, p. 76-84.
• Dagbogsnotat 3.10.1840) af Christian 8.

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