[gessler S Death] / Dr. E. Stückelberg Pinx. ; R. Leemann Sculp image

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[gessler S Death] / Dr. E. Stückelberg Pinx. ; R. Leemann Sculp

[gessler S Death] / Dr. E. Stückelberg Pinx. ; R. Leemann Sculp

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TITLE:  [Gessler's death] / Dr. E. Stückelberg pinx. ; R. Leemann sculp. CALL NUMBER:  PGA - Leemann--Gessler's death (D size) [P&P] REPRODUCTION NUMBER:  LC-DIG-pga-03116 (digital file from original print) RIGHTS INFORMATION:  No known restrictions on publication. SUMMARY:  Print showing Hermann Gessler falling off his horse after being shot in the chest by William Tell, standing among trees in the upper right, holding a crossbow. A cleric, soldiers, and supporters come to Gessler's aid from the lower left; a woman with child cowers on the lower right. MEDIUM:  1 print : engraving. CREATED/PUBLISHED:  Einsiedelin, Schweiz : Kunstverlag und druck von Gebr. Carl & Nicolaus Benziger, c1886 September 27. CREATOR: Benziger Brothers, publisher. RELATED NAMES: Stückelberg, Ernst, 1831-1903, artist. NOTES: R21409 U.S. Copyright Office. Title inscribed in pencil. Blind stamped: Gebr. Carl & Nicolaus Benziger in Einsiedelin in der Schweiz. SUBJECTS: Tell, Wilhelm. Assassinations--Switzerland--Uri--1330-1350. FORMAT: Engravings 1880-1890. REPOSITORY:  Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA DIGITAL ID:  (digital file from original print) pga 03116 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pga.03116 CONTROL #:  2006678329