Thomas Paine, the author of The Rights of
Thomas Paine, the author of The Rights of Man. Full length portrait depicts the British-American writer, holding and gesturing to his 1791 book. Paine lived in France in the 1790s, and defended the French Revolution in this book. He was elected to the French National Convention, but was arrested and locked up in Pariss Luxembourg Prison, where he began writing a book on religion
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13124515
Media ID
45380928
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1849px x 3000px
(1.3MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / The Everett Collection
Source
Courtesy Everett Collection
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