Thomas Paine bronze plaque

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# Thomas Paine at Angel Square Standing before this bronze plaque on Islington High Street, you're standing where one of history's most incendiary political minds put quill to paper during a transformative moment. Thomas Paine resided at the Angel Inn—this very spot—during the tumultuous early 1790...

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Angel Square, Islington High Street, N1

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This sculpture was unveiled by Sir William Barlow, Chairman of BICC PLC on the 13th June 1991. It was commissioned by BICC Developments Ltd. and created by Kevin Jordan M.A. (R.C.A.I.) as a tribute to Thomas Paine, whose work 'Rights of Man' was written at the Angel and published in 1791.