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Mr. Tho.s Paine
Peel pinx.t Angus sculp.t
Published as the Act directs 1 Sep.r 1791 by C. Forster No.41 Poultry
Engraving, sheet 160 x 100mm (6¼ x 4"). Trimmed and tipped into album sheet.
Thomas Paine (1737-1809), author and revolutionary. A leading figure in the age of revolutions and an effective pamphleteer, Paine's works included 'Common Sense' (1776), which inspired people in the 'Thirteen Colonies' to declare and fight for independence from Great Britain; the hugely successful 'Rights of Man' (1791-2), which did much to restore credit to the French in Britain and America; and 'The Age of Reason' (1793), a trenchant attack on Christianity and all formal religions which stirred up hostility for many years afterwards (in 1888 Teddy Roosevelt described him as 'a filthy little atheist'). Engraved after a portrait by Charles Willson Peale (1741-1827), American painter and museum founder who served in the Pennsylvania militia and participated in radical politics during the Revolution.
For another engraving of Paine from the same portrait by Peale see ref. 34441.
[Ref: 43584] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Peel pinx.t Angus sculp.t
Published as the Act directs 1 Sep.r 1791 by C. Forster No.41 Poultry
Engraving, sheet 160 x 100mm (6¼ x 4"). Trimmed and tipped into album sheet.
Thomas Paine (1737-1809), author and revolutionary. A leading figure in the age of revolutions and an effective pamphleteer, Paine's works included 'Common Sense' (1776), which inspired people in the 'Thirteen Colonies' to declare and fight for independence from Great Britain; the hugely successful 'Rights of Man' (1791-2), which did much to restore credit to the French in Britain and America; and 'The Age of Reason' (1793), a trenchant attack on Christianity and all formal religions which stirred up hostility for many years afterwards (in 1888 Teddy Roosevelt described him as 'a filthy little atheist'). Engraved after a portrait by Charles Willson Peale (1741-1827), American painter and museum founder who served in the Pennsylvania militia and participated in radical politics during the Revolution.
For another engraving of Paine from the same portrait by Peale see ref. 34441.
[Ref: 43584] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Thomas Paine.
The Picture, by Peel, of Philadelphia, in the Possession of T.B. Hollis.
[Published as the Act directs July 23, 1791, for J. Ridgway, York Street, St. James's Square.]
Etching, rare. Sheet size: 155 x 97mm (6 x 3¾"). Trimmed to image, losing publication line.
A half length portrait of English-American political activist, philosopher, author, political theorist and revolutionary, Thomas Paine (1737 - 1809). He is directed, facing, and looking towards the right, holding book titled inscribed, 'Rights of Man'. A frontispiece to a pamphlet entitled, 'Common Sense, addressed to the inhabitants of America' written by Thomas Paine in 1775-76 which inspired people in the 'Thirteen Colonies' to declare and fight for independence from Great Britain in the summer of 1776. In clear, simple language it explained the advantages of and the need for immediate independence. It was published anonymously on January 10, 1776, at the beginning of the American Revolution and became an immediate sensation. It was sold and distributed widely and read aloud at taverns and meeting places.
[Ref: 34441] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
The Picture, by Peel, of Philadelphia, in the Possession of T.B. Hollis.
[Published as the Act directs July 23, 1791, for J. Ridgway, York Street, St. James's Square.]
Etching, rare. Sheet size: 155 x 97mm (6 x 3¾"). Trimmed to image, losing publication line.
A half length portrait of English-American political activist, philosopher, author, political theorist and revolutionary, Thomas Paine (1737 - 1809). He is directed, facing, and looking towards the right, holding book titled inscribed, 'Rights of Man'. A frontispiece to a pamphlet entitled, 'Common Sense, addressed to the inhabitants of America' written by Thomas Paine in 1775-76 which inspired people in the 'Thirteen Colonies' to declare and fight for independence from Great Britain in the summer of 1776. In clear, simple language it explained the advantages of and the need for immediate independence. It was published anonymously on January 10, 1776, at the beginning of the American Revolution and became an immediate sensation. It was sold and distributed widely and read aloud at taverns and meeting places.
[Ref: 34441] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)