William Tell

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William Tell shooting at the apple, woodcut from Ein Schönes Spiel…von Wilhelm Thellen, by O. Schweitzer, 1698.

Bronze statue of William Tell with a crossbow and his son, standing on a stone pedestal in Altdorf, Switzerland, with buildings and Swiss flags in the background.

William Tell: Media

Swiss hero

Images

William Tell shooting at the apple, woodcut from Ein Schönes Spiel…von Wilhelm Thellen, by O. Schweitzer, 1698.

William Tell shooting at the apple, woodcut from Ein Schönes Spiel…von Wilhelm...

Courtesy of the trustees of the British Museum; photograph, J.R. Freeman & Co. Ltd.

Bronze statue of William Tell with a crossbow and his son, standing on a stone pedestal in Altdorf, Switzerland, with buildings and Swiss flags in the background.

Tell, William

Statue of William Tell, Altdorf, Switzerland.

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