Difference between revisions of "Depictions of Wythe"
From Wythepedia: The George Wythe Encyclopedia
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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). | ||
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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 15:19, 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
![](/wythepedia/images/thumb/e/e4/BacheSilhouette.jpg/400px-BacheSilhouette.jpg)
Silhouette of George Wythe by William Bache, from Shades of Our Ancestors, by Alice Van Leer Carrick (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1928).
Miniature by Henry Benbridge (c. 1770), R.W. Norton Art Gallery.
Marble bust by Felix de Weldon (1954).
Marble bust by Bryant Baker (1962).