About This Postcard
This postcard depicts one of the famous Tellskapelle (Tell's Chapel) frescoes located on the shores of Lake Lucerne in Switzerland. The scene is titled "Tells Flucht" (Tell's Escape). It shows the legendary Swiss hero William Tell leaping from the boat of his captor, the tyrant Gessler, onto a rocky ledge (the Tellsplatte) during a violent storm. This is a central moment in Swiss national mythology.
Details
Era: Undivided Back (1901-1904)
City: Tellskapelle (Tell's Chapel), Sisikon, Lake Lucerne
Region/Country: Switzerland
Topic: William Tell Legend, Swiss Folklore, Ernst Stückelberg Frescoes, National Heroes, Maritime Escape/Storm Scenes
Artist / Photographer: The original fresco was painted by Ernst Stückelberg
Condition: Uncirculated
Address Side: Undivided Back, Nur für die Adresse
Orientation: Horizontal (Landscape)
Publisher: Gebrüder Wehrli, Kilchberg-Zürich (Series No. 11578)
Printer: Phototypie / Collotype (Fine-grain monochromatic print)
Additional Information
The Wehrli brothers were among the most famous Swiss postcard publishers.
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