Gjøngehøvdingen 074, Poul Steffensen

Illustration by poul steffensen from the danish novel gjøngehøvdingen by carit etlar which takes place during the dano-swedish war in 1657-1658. The captured svend poulsen, gøngehøvdingen, ib abelsøn in the hole and the swedish soldier bent arvedsøn in the court of jungshoved castle. Ib abelsøn shoots the guarding bent arvedsøn so that he can free svend poulsen. Svend poulsen (app. 1610 - app. 1679) was a real person but the story is fiction. Date: Original illustration from the 1890s, here reprint from 1909..