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. Endpiece of chapter 9 where svend poulsen, gøngehøvdingen, meets the copenhagen mayor hans nansen. At a point svend poulsen believes that hans nansen is a traitor and thus is ready to kill him. But the clever hans nansen convince him that he is just testing him. The pen is mightier than the sword, as the adage says. Date: Original illustration from the 1890s, here reprint from 1909..
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