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.

Images of George Wythe

The College of William & Mary Law School's Portrait of George Wythe. Unknown artist (c. 1830-1930), oil on canvas, gift of the Virginia Bar Association, 1936. In The Wolf Law Library's George Wythe Room.


  • 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).

  • William Satchwell Leney etching (1807).

  • 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).

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