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Title
Tom Paine's Nightly Pest
Description
This print shows Thomas Paine sleeping wearing a red cap inscribed ‘Libertas.’ On the head of his bed are drawn the profile heads, with wings, of his guardian angels: Priestly (right) and Fox (left). In the background the scales appear, evenly balanced by the equal atrocities that Britain and France bring upon the British nation.
Creator
James Gillray
Source
The National Portrait Gallery
Publisher
Hannah Humphrey
Date
Published 26 November 1792 in London
Contributor
The National Portrait Gallery
Rights
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Format
Hand-colored etching
Image: 29.8 x 36.4 cm
Type
Still Images