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

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'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. ]

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Size: 4044px × 5491px
Location: World,Europe,Switzerland,Uri,Altdorf
Photo credit: © The Print Collector/Heritage Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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