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'William Tell in the Market-Place of Altdorf', 1890. Creator: Unknown.

'William Tell in the Market-Place of Altdorf', 1890. Creator: Unknown.

2-715-956 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'William Tell in the Market-Place of Altdorf', 1890. 14th century Swiss folk hero of who, according to legend, was an expert marksman who assassinated Albrecht Gessler, a tyrant of the Austrian dukes who placed his hat on a pole, and ordered the people to bow before it. From "Cassell's Illustrated Universal History, Vol. III - The Middle Ages", by Edmund Ollier. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris and Melbourne, 1890. ]

Image Details

People Information

Creator
  1. Unknown, attributed to: :
Subject
  1. Albrecht Gessler: Austrian: Bailiff
People Related
  1. Edmund Ollier: : author, journalist
  2. Cassell & Co: : Publisher, printer, lithographer, publishers, printers, lithographers
Medium
  1. Engraving
Picture Type
  1. Portrait
Geographic Hierarchy

World Europe Switzerland Uri Altdorf

  1. 46 52 50 N , 008 38 40 E
Category Hierarchy

People Famous People

Society & Culture Issues & Causes

Artistic Representations Portraits

Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 4044x5491
File Size : 65,056kb

Aliases

  1. 0580066138
  1. 2-715-956
  1. 2715956
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