Illustration by poul steffensen from the danish novel gjøngehøvdingen by carit etlar which takes place during the dano-swedish war in 1657-1658. The evil bodil ebbesdatter, better known as kulsoen and captain manheimer, a german mercenary hired by the swedish army. Kulsoen offers to help the captain with finding svend poulsen, gøngehøvdingen, but her teasing way of speaking has made the captain angry. Kulsoen begs him to hear her out however. Date: Original illustration from the 1890s, here reprint from 1909..
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