Difference between revisions of "Depictions of Wythe"
From Wythepedia: The George Wythe Encyclopedia
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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 (c. 1770), [http://www.rwnaf.org/collections/item?id=1617 R.W. Norton Art Gallery.] |
− | File:Trumbull1791Wythe.jpg|Sketch from life, by John Trumbull, in Williamsburg | + | File:Trumbull1791Wythe.jpg|Sketch from life, by John Trumbull, in Williamsburg (1791). |
− | File:BacheSilhouette.jpg|William Bache silhouette. | + | File:BacheSilhouette.jpg|William Bache silhouette (1804). |
− | File:GreatAmericanLawyers1907Wythe.jpg| | + | File:GreatAmericanLawyers1907Wythe.jpg|William Satchwell Leney (1807). |
− | File:LongacreWythe.jpg|Longacre | + | File:LongacreWythe.jpg|J.B. Longacre, after Leney. |
− | File:LossingWythe.jpg|Lossing. | + | File:LossingWythe.jpg|Lossing (1859). |
− | File:Brotherhead1872Wythe.jpg|Brotherhead. | + | File:Hall1868Wythe.jpg|William Bryan Hall (1868). |
− | File: | + | File:Brotherhead1872Wythe.jpg|Brotherhead (1872). |
− | File: | + | File:Erekson1876Wythe.jpg|Erekson (1876). |
− | File:NationalCyclopaedia1893Wythe.jpg|''National Cyclopædia | + | File:Rosenthal1888Wythe.jpg|Rosenthal (1888). |
− | File:Crossman1927Wythe.jpg|Portrait by William H. Crossman, after Trumbull's sketch | + | File:NationalCyclopaedia1893Wythe.jpg|''National Cyclopædia'' (1893). |
+ | File:Crossman1927Wythe.jpg|Portrait by William H. Crossman (1927), after Trumbull's sketch. | ||
File:GeorgeWythePortrait.jpg|Wolf Law Library portrait. | File:GeorgeWythePortrait.jpg|Wolf Law Library portrait. | ||
− | File:DeWeldonWythe1954.jpg|Marble bust by [[wikipedia:Felix de Weldon|Felix de Weldon]]. | + | File:DeWeldonWythe1954.jpg|Marble bust by [[wikipedia:Felix de Weldon|Felix de Weldon]] (1954). |
− | File:SilvetteWythe1979.jpg|W&M Law School portrait. | + | File:SilvetteWythe1979.jpg|W&M Law School portrait (1979). |
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[[Category:Images of Wythe]] | [[Category:Images of Wythe]] |
Revision as of 22:40, 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 (c. 1770), R.W. Norton Art Gallery.
Marble bust by Felix de Weldon (1954).