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As a signer of the [[Declaration of Independence]], George Wythe's portrait was much-sought after by artists.
==Images of George Wythe==
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File:BacheSilhouette.jpg|William Bache silhouette.
File:BenbridgeWythe.jpg|Miniature by Henry Benbridge, [http://www.rwnaf.org/collections/item?id=1617 R.W. Norton Art Gallery.]
File:BenbridgeWythe.jpg|Miniature by Henry Benbridge, [http://www.rwnaf.org/collections/item?id=1617 R.W. Norton Art Gallery.]
File:Trumbull1791Wythe.jpg|Sketch from life, by John Trumbull, in Williamsburg, April 25, 1791.
File:Trumbull1791Wythe.jpg|Sketch from life, by John Trumbull, in Williamsburg, April 25, 1791.
File:BacheSilhouette.jpg|William Bache silhouette.
File:GreatAmericanLawyers1907Wythe.jpg|''American Gleaner.''
File:GreatAmericanLawyers1907Wythe.jpg|''American Gleaner.''
File:LongacreWythe.jpg|Longacre copy.
File:LongacreWythe.jpg|Longacre copy.

Revision as of 00:59, 1 March 2014

As a signer of the Declaration of Independence, George Wythe's portrait was much-sought after by artists.

Images of George Wythe

"George Wythe, Nat. 1726—Ob. 1806." Engraving by Albert Rosenthal, Philadelphia, 1888. "From a print by W.S. Leney in the possession of Frederick D. Stone, Phila." Published in Hampton L. Carson's History of the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Promulgation of the Constitution of the United States, Vol. 1 (Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1889), op. 227. Image courtesy of the New York Public Library.


  • Miniature by Henry Benbridge, R.W. Norton Art Gallery.
    Miniature by Henry Benbridge, R.W. Norton Art Gallery.
  • Sketch from life, by John Trumbull, in Williamsburg, April 25, 1791.
    Sketch from life, by John Trumbull, in Williamsburg, April 25, 1791.
  • William Bache silhouette.
    William Bache silhouette.
  • American Gleaner.
    American Gleaner.
  • Longacre copy.
    Longacre copy.
  • Lossing.
    Lossing.
  • Brotherhead.
    Brotherhead.
  • Rosenthal.
    Rosenthal.
  • Erekson.
    Erekson.
  • National Cyclopædia.
    National Cyclopædia.
  • Portrait by William H. Crossman, after Trumbull's sketch (1927).
    Portrait by William H. Crossman, after Trumbull's sketch (1927).
  • Wolf Law Library portrait.
    Wolf Law Library portrait.
  • Marble bust by Felix de Weldon.
    Marble bust by Felix de Weldon.
  • W&M Law School portrait.
    W&M Law School portrait.
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