Royalty free Gessler'S Hat (Antique Engraving) premium stock vector

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19th-century illustration of Albrecht Gessler's Hat. Albrecht Gessler, also known as Hermann, was a legendary 14th-century Habsburg bailiff at Altdorf, whose brutal rule led to the William Tell rebellion and the eventual independence of the Old Swiss Confederacy. According to the Chronicon Helveticum by Aegidius Tschudi (1505–1572), in 1307 Gessler raised a pole in the market square of Altdorf, placed his hat atop it, and ordered all the townsfolk to bow before it. Tell, whose marksmanship and pride were legendary publicly refused. Original artwork published in "A pictorial history of the world's great nations: from the earliest dates to the present time" vol.2 by Charlotte M. Yonge (Selmar Hess, New York, 1882).