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ART: Ernst Stückelberg: Gessler\'s Death by William Tell:
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ART: Ernst Stückelberg: Gessler\'s Death by William Tell - Tell Chapel: 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. The death of Gessler from the fresco in Tell\'s Chapel on the lake of the four cantons. William Tell (German: Wilhelm Tell is a drama written by Friedrich Schiller in 1804. The story focuses on the legendary Swiss marksman William Tell as part of the greater Swiss struggle for independence from the Habsburg Empire in the early 14th century. Albrecht Gessler, also known as Hermann, was a legendary 14th-century Habsburg bailiff (German: Landvogt) at Altdorf, whose brutal rule led to the William Tell rebellion and the eventual independence of the Old Swiss Confederacy. Gioachino Rossini\'s four-act opera Guillaume Tell was written to a French adaptation of Schiller\'s play. The current chapel was built in 1879. It is decorated with four frescos by Ernst Stückelberg, realized in 1880-1882. This Divided Back Era (1907-15) postcard is in good condition but there is some soiling.