Illustration by poul steffensen from the danish novel dronningens vagtmester by carit etlar which takes place during the dano-swedish war in 1658-1660. The chicken boy palle has come to ib abelsøn with a secret letter from the noblewoman elsebeth buchwald who wants help in fleeing from the gjorslev castle. After palle has taken his leave ib abelsøn is annoyed because he can't read letter writing. And now he can even hear how svend poulsen, gøngehøvdingen, who wouldn't let him go with him is out fighting. Date: Original illustration from the 1890s, here reprint from 1909..
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