Illustration by poul steffensen from the danish novel gjøngehøvdingen by carit etlar which takes place during and after the dano-swedish war in 1657-1658. The copenhagen mayor hans nansen has come to the house of svend poulsen but he isn't home so hans nansen sets down to wait for him. Ib abelsøn and his sister ane marie don't like it because hans nansen won't tell who he is and ib abelsøn thus ask him to leave. But when they both shows guns ane marie begs them to stop and let hans nansen stay. Hans nansen (1598-1667) was a real person but the story is fiction. Date: Original illustration from the 1890s, here reprint from 1909..
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