HEH372252 Thomas Paine (oil on canvas) by Otis, Bass (1784-1861); 76.2x63.5 cm; Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, CA, USA; (add.info.: Thomas Paine (1737-1809) author and radical writer; author of \'Common Sense\', published in America in 1776 and considered to be the most influential work of propaganda in support of the American War of Independence; author in 1791 of \'The Rights of Man\' a defence of the French Revolution;); 穢 Huntington Art Collections ; 穢 Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens; American, out of copyright.