Thomas Paine Portraits

Moncure Daniel Conway, The Life of Thomas Paine
Moncure Daniel Conway, “The Life of Thomas Paine” (New York, G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1892), Chapter 2 Frontispiece.
Detail from mezzotint in unpublished W.G. Clarke scrapbook, Thomas Paine Centenary 1909
Detail from mezzotint in unpublished W.G. Clarke scrapbook, No. MS 120:43. Thomas Paine Centenary 1909, Norfolk Record Office (handwritten signature of “Thomas Paine” and notation of “Phia Nov 25 1779”).
Sketch of a young Thomas Paine courtesy of the Truth Seeker, an American periodical published since 1873
Sketch of a young Paine courtesy of the Truth Seeker, an American periodical published since 1873
“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,” New York Public Library Digital Collections, (1792 Mutlow engraving based on confiscated Peale portrait) 
 “Thomas Paine” New York Public Library Digital Collections, (1792 Mutlow engraving based on confiscated Peale portrait) 
“Thomas Paine,” National Portrait Gallery (DC) (1792 pencil sketch by Samuel Collings)
“Thomas Paine,” National Portrait Gallery (DC), (1792 pencil sketch by Samuel Collings)
William Blake manuscript (undated sketch by William Blake presumed to be of Thomas Paine)
William Blake manuscript – Notebook – page 74, Wikimedia Commons, (undated sketch by William Blake presumed to be of Paine)
"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 – Wikimedia Commons
“Thomas Paine,” New York Public Library Digital Collections (1792 William Sharp engraving taken directly from 1792 Romney life portrait) 
“Thomas Paine” New York Public Library Digital Collections, (1792 William Sharp engraving taken directly from 1792 Romney life portrait) 
“Thomas Paine,” National Portrait Gallery (London)
“Thomas Paine” National Portrait Gallery (London) 
(1792 John Kay engraving taken directly from 1792 Romney life portrait); 
1792 John Kay engraving taken directly from 1792 Romney life portrait; “Thomas Paine,” New York Public Library Digital Collections, (1796 Paine portrait by Francois Bonneville)
“Thomas Paine,” National Gallery of Art (1806-1807 life portrait by John Wesley Jarvis)
“Thomas Paine” National Gallery of Art, (1806-1807 life portrait by John Wesley Jarvis) 
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
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
Jarvis, “Thomas Paine,”  New York Historical Society Museum & Library (1809 sculpture by John Wesley Jarvis based on death mask)
Jarvis, “Thomas Paine,”  New York Historical Society Museum & Library, (1809 sculpture by John Wesley Jarvis based on death mask)
“Thomas Paine’s Death Mask,” (death mask taken from Paine’s face after 1809 death)
“Thomas Paine’s Death Mask,” Flickr, (death mask taken from Paine’s face after 1809 death, displayed at the Ancient House Museum, Thetford, Norfolk, UK)