Egbert, King of the West Saxons and first monarch of all England Finish:Rolled Roberts's 1762 engraving is based

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

' A broom seller offers his wares to a lady passing by in a horse drawn carriage with a dog and an umberella

or 'Experiment Island' off the west coast of Sumatra

Plate 6 from the paper "De la structure des vaisseaux Anglais

Egbert, King of the West Saxons and first monarch of all England Finish:Rolled Roberts's 1762 engraving is basedEgbert, 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.