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. Captain kai lykke and queen sophie are returning after a hunt. They talk about love ending with the queen letting him kissing her hand. Queen sophie amalie (1628-1685) and kai lykke (1625-1699) were real persons but the story is fiction. Date: Original illustration from the 1890s, here reprint from 1909..
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