King Alfred ('The Great')
1 portrait
King Alfred ('The Great')
by Unknown artist
silver penny, circa 887
3/4 in. (19 mm) diameter
Purchased, 1962
Primary Collection
NPG 4269
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Sitterback to top
- King Alfred ('The Great') (849-899), King of the West Saxons. Sitter associated with 13 portraits.
Linked publicationsback to top
- Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 5
- Strong, Roy, Tudor and Jacobean Portraits, 1969, p. 2
- Williamson, David, The National Portrait Gallery: History of the Kings and Queens of England, 1998, p. 17
- Williamson, David, Kings and Queens, 2010, p. 12
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