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Title
King Alfred (849 AD–899 AD)
Date
1877
Medium
Sicilian marble
Accession number
OX12_JR_S003
Acquisition method
commissioned by Robert Loyd-Lindsay, 1st Baron Wantage
Work type
Statue
Work status
extant
Listing status
Grade II (England and Wales)
Unveiling date
14th July 1877
Listing date
06/12/85
Access
at all times
Inscription description
inscription on a plaque fixed to the base of the statue: ALFRED THE GREAT / THE WEST SAXON KING / BORN AT WANTAGE A.D. 849. / ALFRED FOUND LEARNING DEAD, / AND HE RESTORED IT. / EDUCATION NEGLETED / AND HE REVIVED IT. / THE LAWS POWERLESS / AND HE GAVE THEM FORCE. / THE CHURCH DEBASED / AND HE RAISED IT, / THE LAND RAVAGED BY A FEARFUL ENEMY, FROM WHICH HE DELIVERED IT. / ALFREDS NAME WILL LIVE AS LONG / AS MANKIND SHALL RESPECT THE PAST. / THIS STATUE / THE WORK OF H.S.H. COUNT GLEICHEN, / WAS PRESENTED TO THE TOWN OF WANTAGE / BY COLONEL R. LOYD LINDSAY VC.M.P. FOR BERKSHIRE / AND WAS UNVEILED BY / T.R.H.THE PRINCE & PRINCESS OF WALES / JULY 14TH 1877.
Market Place, Wantage
OX12 8AW
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