Picture No | 11990007 |
Date | 1809 |
Description | British Workman -- The Last Moments of Tom Paine |
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Front cover of The British Workman, showing Thomas Paine (1737-1809), English-born American political activist, philosopher, political theorist and revolutionary, as visitors come to see him as he is dying at his home in New York City, USA. Few people attended his funeral, as he had been ostracised for his anti-religious views.
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Source | Front cover illustration by John Gilbert in The British Workman, 1 January 1862 |
Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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