Monuments Class Projects

 

Creator

Architect/Sculptor of Monument

Hans Konrad Siegfried (Architect) Georg Ludwig Vogel (Inspired by)

Student Author

Tom Wagner

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Identifier

07a

Medium

carte-de-visite

Keywords

William Tell, Wilhelm Tell, Statue of William Tell, Statue of Wilhelm Tell. Statues in Switzerland

Physical Dimensions

99mm x 62mm

Name of Monument

Wilhelm Tell

Date of Completion or Dedication of Monument

Spring 1860

City of Monument

Altdorf

Location within City

Tellgasse

State/Province of Monument

Canton of Uri

Country of Monument

Switzerland

Description

In Altdorf, Switzerland, this monument depicts Swiss folk hero William Tell with an arm resting on his crossbow and the other outstretched holding the arrow that famously shot the apple off his son’s head. The location of the statue is supposedly where William Tell shot the apple for his freedom. It was designed and sculpted by Hans Konrad Siegfried and was inspired by the Tell Statue on top of the Eidgenössisches Freischiessen Triumphal Arch in Zürich (pictured to the right), home to the first and largest shooting festival.

School of Art/Architecture

Neoclassical Architecture

Comments

Rebsamen, Hanspeter, et al. The Inventory of Swiss Architecture 1850-1920. Vol. 1, ETH Library, 1984.https://www.e-periodica.ch/digbib/view?pid=ins-001%3A1984%3A1#195

Friedrich Von Schiller, Johann. Wilhelm Tell. Translated by Gilbert J. Jordan, The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1964.

Copyright

Original physical carte-de-visite is in the public domain. Digital copy scanned by Rod Library, ©2022 Rod Library, University of Northern Iowa.

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