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Athenaeum portrait. Oil on canvas. 121.92 x 94.3 cm • 48 x 37 1/8 in. National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian), Washington, DC; jointly owned with the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA.
Born: Martha Dandridge Custis.
Athenaeum portrait. Oil on canvas. 121.92 x 94.3 cm • 48 x 37 1/8 in. National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian), Washington, DC; jointly owned with the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA.
Born: Martha Dandridge Custis.
Paine’s pamphlet Common Sense (1775), urging the colonies to declare their independence, found 150,000 purchasers in a population of less than 3 million — the equivalent today of a sale of 14 million.