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 has come to isefjord with noble people of the gjorslev castle who are now going to sail to copenhagen. But when svend poulsen goes to the beach to call for a boat he hears two men talking. It is the nobleman hannibal sehested who asks skipper bagge to tell the king that he sends wines ans and food from a friend. Hannibal sehested won tell his name but says that skipper bagge may mentions his coat of arms. Svend poulsen (app. 1610 - app. 1679) and hannibal sehested (1609-1666) were real persons but the story is fiction. Date: Original illustration from the 1890s, here reprint from 1909..
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