From Søholt to Nysted in the evening. Crosses the Baltic Sea. After a violent storm the boat is rescued to Rostock by a couple of pilots.

Primary sources

• Letter dated 7.8.1820 from Jens Løye to Thorvaldsen.
• Letter dated 17.11.1820 from Jørgen Koch to J.G. Adler.
• Thiele 1832, p. 75-76 (documents the date).
• Thiele’s notes c. 1850 most probably from the travel diary of Simon Christian Pontoppidan 1820 (documents the date).
• Thiele III, p. 71-72.

Other references

• Dyveke Helsted: ‘Thorvaldsens besøg på Lolland i 1820’, in: Lolland-Falsters historiske Samfunds årbog, Nykøbing Falster 1958, p. 14-15.
• Related Article: The Journey to Rome, August-December 1820

Last updated 30.05.2020