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Painting of a sword-raising leader in a red cloak rallying a crowd on a ship, with a boat and cliff behind.

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Alfred Inciting the Saxons to Prevent the Landing of the Danes, George Frederic Watts (1846), Wikimedia Commons. Via artnap.com

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A dramatic historical scene shows a central figure in a flowing red and gold cloak raising a sword while a crowd of men and women reacts on a ship's deck. Figures in the foreground struggle and gesture toward a boat at right, with a cliff and open sea behind them. This work, titled Alfred Inciting the Saxons to Prevent the Landing of the Danes, is by George Frederic Watts and dated 1846.

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