Egbert, King of the West Saxons and first monarch of all England Finish:Rolled Plate 2 from the monograph

Plate 2 from the monograph Musa Cliffortiana florens Hartecampi 1736 prope Harlemum

or 'Experiment Island' off the west coast of Sumatra

Roberts's 1762 engraving is based on an earlier orthographic drawing from a perspective print

Ernie Walley

Egbert, King of the West Saxons and first monarch of all England Finish:Rolled Plate 2 from the monographEgbert, King of the West Saxons and first monarch of all England, (18th century). Egbert (c770 839) ruled Wessex from 802. His reign saw Wessex overtake Mercia as the dominant Anglo Saxon kingdom and as a consequence he is regarded as the first King of England although the title was not used until the reign of his grandson, Alfred the Great.