2-716-118 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'King Alfred in disguise rebuked by the Neat Herd's Wife, for letting the Cakes burn which she observed he himself was so fond of', (c878), 1783. Alfred, given shelter on the Somerset Levels by a woman unaware of his identity and preoccupied by matters of his kingdom, let the cakes burn. From "New Complete and Authentic History of England", by Edward Barnard. [Alex Hogg, London, 1783]