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The end of pain : the last Speech, dying words, and confession of T. P.

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The end of pain : the last Speech, dying words, and confession of T. P.

Published

[England] : [publisher not identified] , [1793]

soft ground etching
image: 161 x 153 mm; sheet: 269 x 183 mm
Peel 1704
Notes
Year of publication from the British Museum online catalog.
With 18 lines of letterpress text attacking Paine.
Provenance

Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.

Summary

Paine (head and shoulders only visible) dangles on a noose from a lamp-bracket, the post of which is inscribed 'Rights of This Man'. The head of Orléans with the horns of a devil looks down at Paine from behind the post, which he clutches with his talons. From the lamp dangles an escutcheon, on which are pairs of stays and a chevron, with the motto 'Common Sense'.

Associated names
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Classification
Department