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with the dead or dying body lying beside the tree trunk and the executioner remounting his steed

Standing on a street corner

also showing figures and vehicles in the road

and a pair of scales

as in the Biblical creation of Eve from Adam's rib

Alfred the Great in the Neatherd's Cottage Size:XL: 100 x 50cm with the dead or dyingAlfred the Great in the Neatherd's Cottage. 1863. Youngest son of King thelwulf, Alfred became King of Wessex during a time of constant Viking attack. He was driven into hiding by a Viking raid into Wessex, led by the Dane, Guthorm, and took refuge in the Athelney marshes in Somerset.

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