Saxon King Alfred the Great, disguised as a minstrel with harp, in the camp of Viking chief Guthrum, 878. Alfred in the Danish camp. Copperplate engraving from M. A. Jones’ History of England from Julius Caesar to George IV, G. Virtue, 26 Ivy Lane, London, 1836.

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