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 ib abelsøn has come to the søholm castle to hole the hidden treasures of the noblewoman elsebeth buchwald. But the evil kulsoen has also come to get a part of the treasure for herself. While svend poulsen takes care of the swedish troops at the castle ib abelsøns finds the treasures under a floor. He pretends that the bow with them is heavy in order to get the greedy kulsoen helping him. But when they get the box up ib abelsøn lets go so that kulsoen fells into the hole with the box making it possible for him to capture hende. Date: Original illustration from the 1890s, here reprint from 1909..
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