Thomas Paine Portraits

Sketch of a young Thomas Paine courtesy of the Truth Seeker, an American periodical published since 1873
Sketch of a young Thomas Paine – Courtesy of the Truth Seeker
William Blake manuscript (undated sketch by William Blake presumed to be of Thomas Paine)
William Blake undated drawing titled “Thomas Paine” from a manuscript in his Notebook (page 74) – Wikimedia Commons
Moncure Daniel Conway, The Life of Thomas Paine
A sketch of a young Thomas Paine by Moncure Daniel Conway from “The Life of Thomas Paine” (New York, G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1892), Chapter 2 Frontispiece – Courtesy of the Truth Seeker
A miniature of Thomas Paine that John Trumbull sent to Thomas Jefferson in 1788 began as an original rather than a derivative, it was probably “repainted” by a “wayward contemporary” of Trumbull and also later vandalized.
A miniature of Paine that John Trumbull sent to Thomas Jefferson in 1788 began as an original rather than a derivative, it was probably “repainted” by a “wayward contemporary” of Trumbull and also later vandalized. Courtesy of Monticello.org
“Thomas Paine and the Dialogues of Early America” by William Angus of Islington (frontispiece to 1791
Thomas Paine and the Dialogues of Early America” by William Angus of Islington (frontispiece to 1791 Letter to Abbe Raynal based on confiscated Peale portrait). – John J. Burns Library
“Thomas Paine” 1792 Watson engraving based on confiscated Peale portrait
Thomas Paine” 1792 Watson engraving based on confiscated Peale portrait – New York Public Library Digital Collections
“Thomas Paine,” National Portrait Gallery (DC) (1792 pencil sketch by Samuel Collings)
“Thomas Paine” 1792 pencil sketch by Samuel Collings – National Portrait Gallery (DC)
Detail from mezzotint in unpublished W.G. Clarke scrapbook, Thomas Paine Centenary 1909
The detail from a mezzotint in the unpublished W.G. Clarke scrapbook, specifically item MS 120:43 held by the Norfolk Record Office. Thomas Paine Centenary 1909, This specific mezzotint detail served as the frontispiece for an 1892 biography, ‘The Life of Thomas Paine’ (Notation of “Phia Nov 25 1779”) – Norfolk Record Office
“Thomas Paine,” New York Public Library Digital Collections, (1792 Mutlow engraving based on confiscated Peale portrait) 
 “Thomas Paine” in 1792 from a Henry Mutlow engraving based on confiscated Peale portrait – New York Public Library Digital Collections
"Thomas Paine Author of the Rights of Man" from John Baxter's 1796 Impartial History of England
“Thomas Paine Author of the Rights of Man” from John Baxter’s 1796 Impartial History of England – Internet Archive
“Thomas Paine,” New York Public Library Digital Collections (1792 William Sharp engraving taken directly from 1792 Romney life portrait) 
“Thomas Paine” from a 1792 William Sharp engraving taken directly from 1792 Romney life portrait – New York Public Library Digital Collections,
(1792 John Kay engraving taken directly from 1792 Romney life portrait); 
A 1792 John Kay engraving taken directly from 1792 Romney life portrait; “Thomas Paine,” (1796 Paine portrait by Francois Bonneville) – New York Public Library Digital Collections
“Thomas Paine,” National Portrait Gallery (London)
“Thomas Paine” 1801 etching by John Kay, after George Romney. Made in Edinburgh, Scotland – National Portrait Gallery (London) 
“Thomas Paine,” National Gallery of Art (1806-1807 life portrait by John Wesley Jarvis)
“Thomas Paine” 1806-1807 life portrait by John Wesley Jarvis – National Gallery of Art
John Trumbull sketch of Thomas Paine in his later years believed to the last portrait of Paine made in his lifetime
John Trumbull sketch of Paine in his later years believed to the last portrait of Paine made in his lifetime
“Thomas Paine’s Death Mask,” taken from Paine’s face after 1809 death and displayed at the Ancient House Museum in Thetford, Norfolk, UK – Photo from ‘Ordinary Philosophy’
Jarvis, “Thomas Paine,”  New York Historical Society Museum & Library (1809 sculpture by John Wesley Jarvis based on death mask)
“Thomas Paine” a 1809 sculpture by John Wesley Jarvis based on his death mask – New York Historical Society Museum & Library