William Tell's Chapel

Title: Chapelle de Guillaume Tell au lac des IV Cantons - avec la fete religieus qu'on y celebre chaque annee en memoire des evenements de 1307

(The William Tell Chapel on Lake Lucerne with the Religious festival that is celebrated there each year in memory of the events of 1307)

Dessine par G. Lory fils, Grave par Siegfried

Gabriel Lory (known as Gabriel Lory fils or Gabriel Lory Sohn) was the son of another great Swiss engraver and landscape artist (Gabriel Lory pere). He was born in Bern in 1784 and died there in 1848.

Lory traveled extensively throughout Europe and especially in Italy. His wife Henriette-Louise de Meuron was a skilled saleswoman and handled the business, marketing Lory's engravings across Europe.

Examples of Lory's graphic work can be found in museums across Switzerland.

Dimensions: 28.5 X 21.5 cm (full sheet)
Image size: 18 X 13 cm

Condition: Image is clear and clean. There is some spotting on on the outer margins of the sheet (easily covered by matt)

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