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The Swanborough Tump Memorial records a meeting between King Aethelred of Wessex (reign 865-871) and his brother, Alfred the Great (reign 871-899), in 870, where they made provisions for the inheritance of various estates to the children...

King Alfred’s Monument at Athelney, Somerset. Built in 1801, it commemorates the time Alfred the Great (r. 871-899) spent in exile in the Somerset marshes during the early months of 878, when he built a fortress at Athelney.

Statue of Alfred the Great (r. 871-899), in Trinity Church Square, Southwark, London, designed by James George Bubb in 1824.

Statue of Alfred the Great (r. 871-899) at the now ruined Shaftesbury Abbey, Dorset, which he founded in 888. Designed in 1984 by Andrew DuMont for a school, it was relocated to the abbey gardens in 2004.

Statue of Alfred the Great (r. 871-899) on the grounds of Alfred University in the town of Alfred, New York State. Built in 1990, it is inscribed "as a memorial to the Education King."

Statue of Alfred the Great (r. 871-899) in the centre of Pewsey, Wiltshire, built in 1913 to commemorate the coronation of George V (reign 1910-1936).

Bust of Alfred the Great (r. 871-899) in the Temple of British Worthies, Stowe Gardens, Buckinghamshire. Designed by Flemish sculptor Peter Scheemakers.

An engraving of John Tyler as Governor of Virginia, circa 1826. Virginia Historical Society.

Half-portrait of US President John Tyler (1790-1862), reproduction of a photographic print, circa 1860. Brady-Handy Collection, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

The explosion onboard USS Princeton on 28 February 1844, hand-colored lithograph by N. Currier, 1844. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.