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File:Trumbull1791Wythe.jpg|Pencil sketch from life, by John Trumbull, in Williamsburg (1791).
File:Trumbull1791Wythe.jpg|Pencil sketch from life, by John Trumbull, in Williamsburg (1791).
File:BacheSilhouette.jpg|William Bache silhouette (1804).
File:BacheSilhouette.jpg|William Bache silhouette (1804).
File:GreatAmericanLawyers1907Wythe.jpg|William Satchwell Leney etching (1807).
File:Leney1807Wythe.jpg|William Satchwell Leney etching (1807).
File:TrumbullDeclarationOfIndependence1818Detail.jpg|Detail from John Trumbull's painting, ''Declaration of Independence'' (1818).
File:TrumbullDeclarationOfIndependence1818Detail.jpg|Detail from John Trumbull's painting, ''Declaration of Independence'' (1818).
File:Longacre1823Wythe.jpg|J.B. Longacre etching (1823), after Leney.
File:Longacre1823Wythe.jpg|J.B. Longacre etching (1823), after Leney.

Revision as of 19:19, 5 March 2014

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

Images of George Wythe

Portrait of George Wythe, by William H. Crossman (1927), after John Trumbull. Original with the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.


  • Miniature by Henry Benbridge (c. 1770), R.W. Norton Art Gallery.
    Miniature by Henry Benbridge (c. 1770), R.W. Norton Art Gallery.
  • Pencil sketch from life, by John Trumbull, in Williamsburg (1791).
    Pencil sketch from life, by John Trumbull, in Williamsburg (1791).
  • William Bache silhouette (1804).
    William Bache silhouette (1804).
  • William Satchwell Leney etching (1807).
    William Satchwell Leney etching (1807).
  • Detail from John Trumbull's painting, Declaration of Independence (1818).
    Detail from John Trumbull's painting, Declaration of Independence (1818).
  • J.B. Longacre etching (1823), after Leney.
    J.B. Longacre etching (1823), after Leney.
  • Lossing illustration (1859).
    Lossing illustration (1859).
  • William Bryan Hall (1868).
    William Bryan Hall (1868).
  • Brotherhead illustration (1872).
    Brotherhead illustration (1872).
  • John Ferguson Weir painting (1876), after John Trumbull.
    John Ferguson Weir painting (1876), after John Trumbull.
  • Erekson lithograph (1876).
    Erekson lithograph (1876).
  • Rosenthal, after Leney (1888).
    Rosenthal, after Leney (1888).
  • National Cyclopædia (1893).
    National Cyclopædia (1893).
  • Portrait by William H. Crossman (1927), after John Trumbull.
    Portrait by William H. Crossman (1927), after John Trumbull.
  • Wolf Law Library portrait.
    Wolf Law Library portrait.
  • Marble bust by Felix de Weldon (1954).
    Marble bust by Felix de Weldon (1954).
  • Marble bust by Bryant Baker (1962).
    Marble bust by Bryant Baker (1962).
  • W&M Law School portrait, by David Silvette (1979).
    W&M Law School portrait, by David Silvette (1979).
  • W&M Law School bronze statue, by Gordon S. Kray (2000).
    W&M Law School bronze statue, by Gordon S. Kray (2000).
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