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Guillaume Tell

Print
ca. 1760 - 1790 (engraved)
Artist/Maker
Guttenberg (engraver)
Henry Fuseli (painter)
Place of origin
Paris (engraved)

Engraving. Guillaume Tell. After a painting by Henry Fuseli, R.A. showing William Tell leaping ashore from Gessler’s boat on Lake Lucerne; below are two medallions, with representations of the shooting incident and the Oath at Rütli, surrounded by oak leaves and emblems. Lettered with title and descriptive text in German and French and Peint par Fuessli,
à Londre. Gravé à Paris par Charles Guttenburg. AParis, Rue St. Hyacinthe, No.5.


Object details

Category
Maritime
Object type
Print
TitleGuillaume Tell (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Engraving print
Printing Ink
Engraving
Brief description
Engraving by Carl Gottlieb Guttenberg (1743-1790). Guillaume Tell. After a painting by Henry Fuseli, R.A. showing William Tell leaping ashore from Gessler’s boat on Lake Lucerne; with medallions below surrounded by oak leaves and emblems.
Lettered with title, names of artist and engraver and descriptive text in German and French.
Physical description
Engraving. Guillaume Tell. After a painting by Henry Fuseli, R.A. showing William Tell leaping ashore from Gessler’s boat on Lake Lucerne; below are two medallions, with representations of the shooting incident and the Oath at Rütli, surrounded by oak leaves and emblems. Lettered with title and descriptive text in German and French and Peint par Fuessli,
à Londre. Gravé à Paris par Charles Guttenburg. AParis, Rue St. Hyacinthe, No.5.
Dimensions
  • Height: 49.5cm
  • Width: 63.5cm
Taken from Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1965 published by HMSO 1966.
Marks and inscriptions
  • (Lettered with title and descriptive text in German and French )
  • 'Peint par Fuessli, à Londre. Gravé à Paris par Charles Guttenburg. AParis, Rue St. Hyacinthe, No.5.' (Lettered )
Object history
Nagler Vol.V, p.459; P. & B. Vol.2, p.359
Subject depicted
William Tell
Place depicted
Lake Lucerne
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1965. London: HMSO, 1966.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.993-1965

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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