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 : Scene from the legend of William Tell, Swiss folk hero


Scene from the legend of William Tell, Swiss folk hero

A scene from the legend of William Tell, Swiss folk hero. He springs onto the bank and pushes his enemy Gessler's boat back into the raging water, thereby causing its occupants to drown

Picture No
10083944
Media ID
45632036
Size
6060px x 3848px (4.7MB)
Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library/GILL STOKER
Source
Photograph by Wehrli, Zurich, of a fresco by Stuckelberg in the Tell Chapel at Vierwaldstattersee, on a postcard
Date
19th century

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