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

Detail of George Wythe from "Portraits and Autographs of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence," by Ole Erickson (1876). Original at the Library of Congress.


  • 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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