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20.1.1838 Accepts the offer to sail to Copenhagen on board the frigate Rota in the summer of 1838.
22.6.1838 A cargo ship from Rome arrives at Leghorn with 62 crates with Thorvaldsen’s art which are to be reloaded to the frigate Rota in order to be transported to Copenhagen.
10.7.1838 The frigate Rota reaches Leghorn.
9.8.1838 The frigate Rota leaves Leghorn bound for Copenhagen, with Thorvaldsen and his travelling companions on board.
10.9.1838 Appointed “konferensråd” (honorary title, now obsolete) on board of the frigate Rota. Thorvaldsen receives the message 16.9.1838.
15.9.1838 The Rota lies to near Hammermøllen, north west of Elsinore.
16.9.1838 The Rota anchors north west of Elsinore waiting for favourable currents and winds. Thorvaldsen attends a Danish-Swedish celebration in his honour on board the steamship Dronning Marie. Two songs for the sculptor are sung.
17.9.1838 The frigate Rota is towed round Kronborg in the morning, and is greeted by cheers of hurray and music in boats from Helsingborg. Passes Trekroner at Copenhagen in the afternoon.