Difference between revisions of "Depictions of Wythe"

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

"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.
Pencil sketch from life, by John Trumbull, in Williamsburg (1791).
William Bache silhouette (1804). From Shades of Our Ancestors, by Alice Van Leer Carrick (1928).
William Satchwell Leney etching (1807). Original at the Virginia Historical Society.
Detail from John Trumbull's painting, Declaration of Independence (1818).
J.B. Longacre etching (1823), after Leney.
Lossing illustration (1859).
William Bryan Hall (1868).
Brotherhead illustration (1872).
John Ferguson Weir painting (1876), after John Trumbull.
Erekson lithograph (1876).
Rosenthal, after Leney (1888).
National Cyclopædia (1893).
Portrait by William H. Crossman (1927), after John Trumbull.
Wolf Law Library portrait.
Marble bust by Felix de Weldon (1954).
Marble bust by Bryant Baker (1962).
W&M Law School portrait, by David Silvette (1979).
W&M Law School bronze statue, by Gordon S. Kray (2000).

@@ Line 9: / Line 9: @@
 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|Pencil sketch from life, by John Trumbull, in Williamsburg (1791).
-File:BacheSilhouette.jpg|William Bache silhouette (1804).
+File:BacheSilhouette.jpg|William Bache silhouette (1804). From [https://catalog.swem.wm.edu/law/Record/593884 ''Shades of Our Ancestors,''] by Alice Van Leer Carrick (1928).
-File:Leney1807Wythe.jpg|William Satchwell Leney etching (1807).
+File:Leney1807Wythe.jpg|William Satchwell Leney etching (1807). Original at the [http://www.vahistorical.org/ Virginia Historical Society].
 File:TrumbullDeclarationOfIndependence1818Detail.jpg|Detail from John Trumbull's painting, ''Declaration of Independence'' (1818).
 File:Longacre1823Wythe.jpg|J.B. Longacre etching (1823), after Leney.
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 File:Kray2000Wythe.jpg|W&M Law School bronze statue, by Gordon S. Kray (2000).
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+==See also==
+*[[Bicentennial Postcards]]
 [[Category:Images of Wythe]]