Thomas Paine in Art

“A mock escutcheon for a united, British republican college of health practitioners” is a 1798 etching. The shield is supported by House of Lords radical Francis Russell and Thomas Paine wearing the Bonnet-rouge, a symbol of the French Revolution. Paine says: “So much for Ducal patriotism”. Beside the Duke are two books: ‘Age of Reason’ and ‘Sporting Cal[endar’; beside Paine, ‘Rights of Man’ and ‘Rights of Surgeons’ – Wellcome Collection

The Stirrings In Sheffield On Saturday Night

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Thomas Paine Society UK, TPUK 1966 Number 2 Volume 2

To hear “God save great Thomas Paine” sung on an English stage is surely a rare experience. This was the privilege of the audiences at Sheffield Playhouse recently, during the presentation of “The Stirrings in Sheffield on Saturday Night”, a sort of documentary with music written by Alan Cullen. 

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