Illustration by poul steffensen from the danish novel gjøngehøvdingen by carit etlar which takes place during the dano-swedish war in 1657-58. Inger, her boyfriend ib abelsøn, the swedish captain kernbok with the candle and a group of drunk swedish officers in the mansion holmegaard. The officers want to do harm to inger but ib abelsøn is protecting her. Before a fight can breaks out captain kernbok comes and asks ib abelsøn to leaves. He does so knowing that the good captain will protect inger from the officers. Date: Original illustration from the 1890s, here reprint from 1909..
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