Images

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.

First Lady Julia Gardiner Tyler, the second wife of US President John Tyler, c. 1850-60. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

Official portrait of US President John Tyler (1790-1862), oil on canvas by George Peter Alexander Healy, 1864. Blue Room of the White House, Washington, D.C.