A sumptuous celebration in Thorvaldsen’s honour at The Royal Shooting Range with several hundred participants, speeches, songs, and the firing of cannons.

Primary sources

• Speech 16.10.1819 by Adam Oehlenschläger.
• Song 16.10.1819 from Adam Oehlenschläger to Thorvaldsen.
• Song 16.10.1819 from Ole Bang to Thorvaldsen.
• Song 16.10.1819 from Finnur Magnússon to Thorvaldsen.
• Song 16.10.1819 from Frederik Schmidt to Thorvaldsen.
• Song 16.10.1819 from Christian Wilster to Thorvaldsen.
• Frederik Barfod: Thorvaldsensk Album, Copenhagen 1844, p. 47-48, 61-71.
• ‘Indenlandske Efterretninger’, in: S. Soldin (ed.): Nyeste Skilderie af Kjøbenhavn, no 83, Copenhagen 16.10.1819, p. 1320.
• Article in Den til Forsendelse med de kongelige Brevposter privligerede Berlingske politiske- og Avertissementstidende, November 1^st, Copenhagen 1819.
• Dansk Statstidende, 1.11.1819.

Other references

• Thiele III, p. 16-22. (Thiele erroneously dates the party 15.10.1819).

Last updated 22.12.2015