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Gessler Collection

Background imageGessler Collection: Albrecht Gessler, Habsburg bailiff at Altdorf, 14th century

Albrecht Gessler, Habsburg bailiff at Altdorf, 14th century
Albrecht Gessler, Habsburg bailiff at Altdorf and arch enemy of William Tell, 14th century. Il Governatore Gesslero. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Verico from Giulio Ferrarios Costumes

Background imageGessler Collection: The three confederates of the Old Swiss Confederacy, 1307

The three confederates of the Old Swiss Confederacy, 1307
The three confederates or Eidgenossen of the Old Swiss Confederacy, 1307. Walter Furst from Uri, Werner Stauffach from Schwyz, and Arnold von Melchtal of Unterwalden

Background imageGessler Collection: Altdorf, Switzerland - Statue of William Tell

Altdorf, Switzerland - Statue of William Tell
1910

Background imageGessler Collection: Von Hindenburgh and Gessler, Germany

Von Hindenburgh and Gessler, Germany
The German President, Field-Marshal Paul von Hindenburg, and Minister of Defence, Otto Gessler, at an event in Germany. 1925

Background imageGessler Collection: Tell and Gessler

Tell and Gessler
William Tell, his ordeal over, clasps his son who holds the apple pierced by the arrow. The Austrian steward Gessler watches proceedings on horseback

Background imageGessler Collection: GESSLER DE LA CROIX, Alejandrina Aurora de (1831-1907)

GESSLER DE LA CROIX, Alejandrina Aurora de (1831-1907)

Background imageGessler Collection: The death of Gessler - from the fresco in Tells Chapel on t

The death of Gessler - from the fresco in Tells Chapel on the lake of the four

Background imageGessler Collection: 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 Gesslers boat back into the raging water, thereby causing its occupants to drown

Background imageGessler Collection: Rossini / Tell / Liebig 6

Rossini / Tell / Liebig 6
Act Four : the Swiss rebel against the Austrians, and Tell shoots Gessler. The storm abates, the sun shines, Tell rejoins his family, Switzerland is free at last !

Background imageGessler Collection: Rossini / Tell / Liebig 4

Rossini / Tell / Liebig 4
Act Three : Gessler orders Tell to shoot an apple off his sons head : he does so, but tells Gessler that had he hit his son, his second arrow would have been for Gessler


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