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. Svend poulsen, gøngehøvdingen, sneaks over the rampart around jungshoved castle after a visit at his lover julie parsberg. The guard has taking cover for the cold and don't notice him. Svend poulsen (app. 1610 - app. 1679) was a real person but the story is fiction. The look of svend poulsen is also fantasy as there is no known portraits of him. Date: Original illustration from the 1890s, here reprint from 1909..
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