PUBLISHER: Lith. & pub. by N. Currier, 152 Nassau St. Cor. of Spruce N.Y.
MEDIUM: Lithographs handcolored,
DATE: undated. c.1850.
EDITION SIZE: Small folios - image sizes 8 1/16 x 12 3/8" (20.5 x 3.13 cm).
DESCRIPTION: Top to bottom, left to right. William Tell. Shooting the apple on his sons head; Replying to Gessler (Tell had hid a arrow and was going to kill Gessler if he had accidentally hit his son); Escaping from the tyrant; and Death of Gessler.<br><br> Each print has a subtitle describing the scene. <br><br> William Tell was a folk hero of Switzerland. According to the legend, Tell was an expert marksman with the crossbow who assassinated Albrecht Gessler, a tyrannical leader of the Austrian dukes of the House of Habsburg. Tell's defiance encouraged the population to open rebellion and a pact against the foreign rulers with neighboring Schwyz and Unterwalden, marking the foundation of the Swiss Confederacy. <br><br>
ADDITIONAL INFO: This set of four was at one time bound into a salesman sample book. Save for the light foxing, the set is in unusually nice condition with bright original hand coloring.
CONDITION: Good to very condition with full original color, minor foxing, extra wide margins.
REFERENCE: Conningham #6706, 6707, 6709, 6711. Gale #7241,7243, 7245, 7248.
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