How to extract the images from a wolfram list to an array/list of byte arrays using JLink in Java

Question

I have the following code in Java, where I am trying to use the WolframAlpha command and get the result as a list of images (byte arrays)

String expr = "WolframAlpha[\"solve x^2+2x+1=0\", \"PodImages\", IncludePods->\"Result\", PodStates->\"Step-by-step solution\"]"
mathLink.evaluate(expr)

Evaluating the expression in a terminal gives me something like this. Using the Export function, I've seen the 2 images and they look right.

In[6]:= WolframAlpha["solve x^2+2x+1=0","PodImages", IncludePods->"Result", PodStates->"Step-by-step solution"]                                                 

Out[6]= {-Image-, -Image-}

I've tried to get the result as a byte[][] (mathLink.getByteArray2()), but I get the MLGet out of sequence exception, so I assumed the result I got wasn't an array of byte arrays.

I also tried getting the result as an Object, but I got the error that Expression on link is not a valid Java object reference

Doing mathLink.getType() told me that the result that I'm getting is a MTFUNCTION, so I tried reading the result as a function. Investigating further, I found out that the function type was List with 2 arguments. I'm assuming that those 2 arguments are the 2 images I want to get.

So my question is: How can I extract the images from the result as an array or list in Java?

Sorry if this is a silly question - I'm new to using JLink and the Wolfram Language

EDIT

In case this helps anyone, I tried logging the output from mathLink.getExpr().toString() and got:

{
    Image[
        NumericArray[
            {{
                {255, 255, 255}, {255, 255, 255}, ...more of these
            }}, 
            "UnsignedInteger8"
        ], 
        "Byte", 
        Rule[ColorSpace, "RGB"], 
        Rule[ImageSize, Automatic], 
        Rule[Interleaving, True], 
        Rule[Magnification, 1]
    ],
    Image[
        ...more of the same as above
    ]