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+ | As a signer of the [[Declaration of Independence]], George Wythe's portrait was much-sought after by artists. | ||
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+ | ==Images of George Wythe== | ||
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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 20:59, 28 February 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.
Marble bust by Felix de Weldon.