Collection Highlights
Panoramic View of New York City (in Eight Sections)
1842-45
1915.76
Black ink over graphite on eight sheets of ivory paper with partial black ink borders, laid on Japanese paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Thomas Paine (1737-1809)
Title
Thomas Paine (1737-1809)
Date
After 1809
Medium
Plaster
Dimensions
Overall: 8 1/16 x 5 3/4 x 3 5/8 in. ( 20.5 x 14.6 x 9.2 cm )
Description
Death mask.
Credit Line
Gift of the Thomas Paine National Historical Association
Object Number
1926.56a
Marks
inscribed: on back in red paint: "# 366" [old N-YHS cat #]
printed label: on back: "THOMAS PAINE/Plaster cast of head, made after the great author's death by John W Jarvis, the portrait painter, an intimate friend of Thomas Paine"
Gallery Label
Thomas Paine was born in England, the son of a Quaker corsetmaker. He came to the Colonies in 1774 with letters of introduction from Benjamin Franklin, and two years later published his pamphlet "Common Sense," which advocated separation of the Colonies from England.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
