"token & political & Thomas Spence & Tree Of Liberty & 1790s" [NMLH.1995.91.30]

Catalogue Number
NMLH.1995.91.30

Object Name
Token

Title
TREE OF LIBERTY / NOTED ADVOCATES FOR THE RIGHTS OF MEN.THOS. SPENCE. SIR THOS. MORE. THOS. PAINE

Place
London & England & UK

People
Spence, Thomas; Paine, Thomas

Description
4 figures dance round human head
Produced in the 1790s this medal features Thomas Spence, a radical bookseller. Spence had a group named after him called The Society of Spencean Philanthropists.

(OSP script)

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