Illustration by poul steffensen from the danish novel dronningens vagtmester by carit etlar which takes place during the dano-swedish war in 1658-1660. Ib abelsøn has hidden from the swedish forces at the gjorslev castle after unsuccessful attempt at helping the noble people fleeing. The evil kulsoen however has noticed that he is hiding in the tower. Captain esner sends the strong olaf who promises to come back with ib abelsøn in his trouser pocket. But olaf become injured during the attempt so that two other soldiers has to help him down. Captain esner jokes that they should look after in his pockets to see if he has ib abelsøn with him as promised. Date: Original illustration from the 1890s, here reprint from 1909..
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