Illustration by poul steffensen from the danish novel dronningens vagtmester by carit etlar which takes place during the dano-swedish war in 1658-1660. Svend poulsen, gøngehøvdingen, and his gønger who are disguised as swedish soldier has come to the gjorslev castle to free ib abelsøn who are held captured on the roof of the tower. The gønger and the real soldiers eats a common supper but meanwhile svend poulsen takes the german captain esner in swedish service prisoner and the two of them goes up in the tower to free ib abelsøn. When that is done captain esner gets locked inside the tower. Svend poulsen sends ib abelsøn while he goes to the noble people, speaking of his beloved karen kaas as his star. Ib abelsøn however would prefer that she was a real star so that svend poulsen couldn't reach her. Date: Original illustration from the 1890s, here reprint from 1909..
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