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 noblewoman elsebeth buchwald, her daughter karen kaas and the nephew holger rud are about to flee from the swedish forces at the gjorslev castle. At midnight they goes down to the moat where ib abelsøn is waiting with a boat for them. But the evil kulsoen shoots and alarms some swedish officers who are partying at the castle. The noble people hurries inside the castle while ib abelsøn attempts to flee. But the swedish captain esner screams that he should stop and threats him with six gunners from the rampart. Some of the officers are also aiming at him. Date: Original illustration from the 1890s, here reprint from 1909..
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