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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).
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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.

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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

"George Wythe, Esq.," engraved for the American Gleaner, by William Satchwell Leney. "Published Jany. 1807 by S. Grantland, Richmond, Virga." Original at the Virginia Historical Society.