William Aiken Walker - Cotton Pickers, a man
Picryl description: Public domain image of a farm, farmer, agriculture, early 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Eastman Johnson, The Lord is My Shepherd
Picryl description: Public domain photo of American art painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Blow for Blow., ca. 1863 (5573998949)
Shows an African American man retaliating against his new master, who has just whipped him in "The Lash". Forms part of a collection of twelve titled carte-de-visite size cards depicting the evolution of the l... More
'Thoughts of Liberia - Emancipation' by Edwin White, 1861
Picryl description: Public domain photo of American art painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Sunday Morning by Thomas Waterman Wood
Public domain photograph of 19th-century female portrait painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Sala Colored Lady Of New Orleans Louisiana
"A Colored Lady of New Orleans" 1882 scene depicts or caricatures an African American woman dressed in high fashion of the era. In the background is a city park scene with people seated on a bench, woman pushing a pram.
Anschutz Thomas P The Way They Live
Public domain photograph of 19th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Winslow Homer - The Watermelon Boys
Public domain photograph of 19th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Oil portrait of Hiram Rhodes Revels by Theodor Kaufmann
Portrait of Hiram Rhodes Revels (1822-1901) by Theodor Kaufmann, oil on mill-board, 12 x 10 in. (30.5 x 25.4 cm), Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art
The Thankful Poor (boy) - Public domain painting
African-American boy at a table with hand against his head
A Visit from the Old MistressFXD
Public domain photograph of 19th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Winslow Homer - Sketch of a Cottage Yard (c.1876)
Public domain photograph of 19th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Print "Negro House on Gravois Road" by Gustav Baumgarten
Print "Negro House on Gravois Road" by Gustav Baumgarten. Baumgarten was a 19th century physician who emigrated from Germany with his father and settled in St. Louis. Among his many medical talents, and his civ... More
Dancing African American Sand Automata Toy
Sand automata toy featuring an African American man dancing. The toy contains sand that moves the figure on a wire as it falls.Title: Dancing African American Sand Automata Toy
The Carnival 1877 Winslow Homer
Picryl description: Public domain photo of American art painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
William Aiken Walker - African American standing behind a bushel of co...
African American standing behind a bushel of cottonlabel QS:Len,"African American standing behind a bushel of cotton" label QS:Lfr,"afro-américain debout derrière un sac de coton"
Visit of the Ku-Klux 1872 - Public domain scan / engraving
"Visit of the Ku-Klux". Drawn by Frank Bellew, 1872. Engraving showing African American family in a humble home. Woman is cooking at the fireplace, man seated alongside, and three children. A masked man from K... More
Around the world with Philip Phillips, "the singing pilgrim." A pictor...
Identifier: aroundworldwithp00phil (find matches) Title: Around the world with Philip Phillips, "the singing pilgrim." A pictorial tour of the globe illustrated by pen and pencil .. Year: 1887 (1880s) Authors... More
"The Supply Train." - A group of horses pulling a covered wagon
Print of a supply wagon being pulled by six mules. One African American man is riding one of the mules, while another is standing beside them with a whip. There is a soldier riding a horse on the other side of ... More
William Aiken Walker - Standing man
Public domain photograph of 19th-century male portrait painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Fleischbein portrait-of-betsy 1a
François Fleischbein (+ 1868), Portrait of Betsy, um 1840 Public domain photograph of 19th-century female portrait painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Forcing Slavery Freesoilers Throats
An 1856 cartoon depicts a giant free soiler being held down by James Buchanan and Lewis Cass standing on the Democratic platform marked "Kansas", "Cuba" and "Central America". Franklin Pierce also holds down t... More
William Aiken Walker - African American standing behind a bushel of co...
Oil on board painting of an African American standing behind a bushel of cotton by William Aiken Walker
Lands of the slave and the free- or, Cuba, the United States, and Cana...
Identifier: landsofslavefree00murr (find matches) Title: Lands of the slave and the free: or, Cuba, the United States, and Canada Year: 1857 (1850s) Authors: Murray, Henry A. (Henry Anthony), 1810-1865 Subje... More
A Dog Swap - Drawing. Public domain image.
Public domain photo of American art painting, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
The Hunted Slaves by Richard Ansdell 1861
Public domain photograph of 19th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Thomas Waterman Wood A Bit of History
A Bit of History: The Contraband; The Recruit; The Veteran, oil on canvas, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Eastman Johnson - The Lord is my Shepard - ebj - fig 76 pg141
Eastman Johnson - The Lord is my Shepard - Oil on wood -16.625 x 13.125 in - c 1863 - Scanned from Eastman Johnson: Painting America - fig 76 pg 141
Legree
Simon Legree and Uncle Tom: A scene from the abolitionist novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin
"The Sanctuary." - Engraving, Public domain image
Print of three African Americans, a man, woman, and child, and a dog looking into the distance. The woman is kneeling with her arms reaching upward. The man is in the middle, standing with a cane. The boy is st... More
Judge Magazine 25Jan1890
Judge Magazine Cover (25 Jan 1890)
"Make Way for Liberty!", ca. 1863 (5574054499)
Depicts an African American man as a Union soldier fighting in a battle. Forms part of a collection of twelve titled carte-de-visite size cards depicting the evolution of the life of an African American man fr... More
Abraham-black-sem - Public domain portrait engraving
Abraham, a Black Seminole leader, from N. Orr's engraving published in 1848 in The Origin, Progress, and Conclusion of the Florida War by John T. Sprague, 1848 Français: Abraham, un chef des Séminoles noirs d... More
Winslow Homer - Rum Cay
Public domain image of watercolor painting from British-related collections, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Winslow Homer - Sunday Morning in Virginia
depicts a family in a slave cabin with children being taught how to read from the Bible
Washington farmer - Public domain scenic engraving
Washington standing among African-American fieldworkers harvesting grain; Mt. Vernon in background.
In the Swamp., ca. 1863 (5574028781)
Shows an African American man hiding in the swamp after he retaliated against his new master. Forms part of a collection of twelve titled carte-de-visite size cards depicting the evolution of the life of an Af... More
The cotton pickers, by Winslow Homer
The cotton pickers oil on canvasmedium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259 61.1 × 96.8 cm Signature and date bottom left: Winslow Homer / 1876
'The Fugitive Slave' by John Adam Plimmer Houston
Picryl description: Public domain photo of American art painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Henry Ossawa Tanner - The Banjo Lesson
Public domain photograph of music festival, band, orchestra, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Erotic photography - Muybridge ascending stairs
Eadweard Muybridge: Man ascending stairs. 1884-85. Español: Eadweard Muybridge: Hombre subiendo escaleras. 1884-85.
Thomas Nast.- Emancipation
Français : Emancipation, États-Unis d’Amérique, Amérique du Nord, 1865.
John Antrobus - Plantation Burial
Plantation of the Mississippi governor, Tilghman Tucker Public domain photograph of 19th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
On to Liberty by Theodor Kaufmann, 1867, Metropolitan Museum of Art
On to Liberty by Theodor Kaufmann, 1867, oil on canvas, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Creole women of color out taking the air, from a watercolor series by ...
Public domain photo of American art painting, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Upland Cotton by Winslow Homer
Upland Cotton by Winslow Homer, 1879-1895, oil on canvas, 49.75 x 30 inches (126.4 x 76.2 cm)
Kitchen Ball - Drawing. Public domain image.
Kitchen Ball at White Sulphur Springs, Virginia Public domain photograph of 19th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
William Aiken Walker - Cotton Pickers (a man)
Public domain photograph of 19th-century male portrait painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Dancing in Congo Square - Edward Winsor Kemble, 1886
Dancing in Congo Square. 1886 illustration depicting slave dances in New Orleans 40 some years earlier.
Miranda THE FREED SLAVE 1876
Fernando Miranda, "The Statue of 'The Freed Slave' in Memorial Hall," illustration from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, August 5, 1876.
Henry Ossawa Tanner - Bust of Benjamin Tucker Tanner - Walters 2833 - ...
Henry Ossawa Tanner is regarded as one of the most distinguished African American painters. He received his training at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia under Thomas Eakins and at the Acadé... More
The Thankful Poor, 1894. Henry Ossawa Tanner
Picryl description: Public domain photo of American art painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Jacques Aman Creole in a Red Turban
Picryl description: Public domain photo of portrait art painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper with United States Colored Troop ...
Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper with United States Colored Troop images, December 20, 1862
Winslow Homer - The Cotton Pickers (1876)
Public domain photograph of 19th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Negro Life at the South by Eastman Johnson, c. 1870, High Museum of Ar...
Negro Life at the South by Eastman Johnson, c. 1870, High Museum of Art. This is the smaller and later of the two versions.
Come and Join Us Brothers, by the Supervisory Committee For Recruiting...
Come and Join Us Brothers, by the Supervisory Committee For Recruiting Colored Regiments
Harriet Tubman Civil War Woodcut
A woodcut image of Harriet Tubman Public domain scan of 1860s woodcut print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Winslow Homer - Boy with Anchor
Public domain image of watercolor painting from British-related collections, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Thomas Eakins - Rail Shooting on the Delaware
Picryl description: Public domain photo of American art painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. Thomas Eakins (July 25, 1844 – June 25, 1916) - American realist painter, photographer, and sculp... More
The Thankful Poor (elder) - Public domain scan / painting
Old African-American man praying at a table Public domain photograph of 19th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Deas Devil and the Walker - Public domain scenic painting
Picryl description: Public domain photo of American art painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
William M Harnett Attention Company detail Amon Carter Museum
detail Public domain photograph of 19th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The Visiting Champion by Jefferson David Chalfant
The Visiting Champion by Jefferson David Chalfant, oil on copper, c. 1895, W. 9.5 in; H. 12.5 in
Day, Fred Holland (1864-1933) - 1897 ca. - Ebony and ivory 1
Photograph; Photographs Public domain photograph of 19th-century male portrait painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Eastman Johnson - Southern Courtship - Google Art Project
Public domain image of coupe, engagement, family, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Crowe-Slaves Waiting for Sale - Richmond, Virginia
Slaves Waiting for Sale - Richmond, Virginia. Oil, 20¾ x 31½ inches. Painted upon the sketch of 1853
Servant Douglas portrait, Louisiana. Portrait painting.
"Servant of the Douglas Family", New Orleans, c. 1850. A rare pre-emancipation individual portrait of a slave.
OP 124 A Ferry on French Broad 1871 (9093596770)
Original Prints
Freedman bureau harpers cartoon - Public domain demonstration engravin...
LOC info: TITLE: The Freedmen's Bureau / Drawn by A.R. Waud. CALL NUMBER: Illus. in AP2.H32 Case Y [P&P] REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-USZ62-105555 (b&w film copy neg.) No known restrictions on publication. SUMMAR... More
James A Bland Great Ethiopean Songs - Public domain engraving
"James A. Bland's Great Ethiopian Songs". 1880s sheet music cover, with cartoon caricatures of African Americans, and insert engraved formal portrait of African American songwriter James A. Bland.
William Henry Huddle - Old Slave (c.1889)
Public domain photograph of musician playing music, musical instrument, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The Lash., ca. 1863 (5574585348)
Shows an African American man's new master whipping him. Forms part of a collection of twelve titled carte-de-visite size cards depicting the evolution of the life of an African American man from a slave to a ... More
Winslow Homer - A Flower for the Teacher
Picryl description: Public domain photo of American art painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
William M Harnett Attention Company Amon Carter Museum
Attention, Company! Public domain photograph of 19th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
'Mill-boys Racing' by David Hunter Strother, c 1850
Picryl description: Public domain photo of American art painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
The puzzled voter by Thomas Hovenden
"The Puzzled Voter" by Thomas Hovenden.
The dancing lesson thomas eakins
Watercolor on off-white wove paper Thomas Eakins (July 25, 1844 – June 25, 1916) - American realist painter, photographer, and sculptor, born in Philadelphia, a pioneer in the field of photography. He was one ... More
Four years in Secessia - adventures within and beyond the Union lines ...
Identifier: fouryearsinseces00brow (find matches) Title: Four years in Secessia : adventures within and beyond the Union lines : embracing a great variety of facts, incidents, and romance of the war ... Year:... More
Winslow Homer - Contraband
Public domain image of watercolor painting from British-related collections, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Alfred Jacob Miller - Long Time Ago; Our Contraband - Walters 37251011
Alfred Jacob Miller (American, 1810-1874). 'Long time ago; Our Contraband,' 19th century. Watercolor on paper. Walters Art Museum (37.2510.11): Gift of Mr. and Mrs J. William Middendorf, N.Y..
Olustee KAFL
A Kurz and Alison lithograph print of the Battle of Olustee.
Winslow Homer - The Cotton Pickers, 1876
Public domain photograph of 19th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
WLA brooklynmuseum Francis William Edmonds-All Talk and No Work
Francis William Edmonds (American, 1806-1863). All Talk and No Work, 1855-1856. Oil on canvas, 24 1/16 x 19 13/16 in. (61.1 x 50.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Carll H. de Silver Fund, 51.108.
Autobiography of James L. Smith - including also, reminiscences of sla...
Identifier: autobiographyofj00smit (find matches) Title: Autobiography of James L. Smith : including also, reminiscences of slave life, recollections of the war, education of freedmen, causes of the exodus, e... More
Winslow Homer - The Cotton Pickers - Google Art Project
Google Cultural Institute Public domain photograph of 19th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
'Robert, Calvin, Martha, and William Scott and Mila -children of Rever...
Robert, Calvin, Martha, and William Scott (children of Reverend William Anderson Scott) and Mila.
William T Ranney Marion crossing the Pee Dee detail Amon Carter Museum
detail Public domain photograph of 19th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
In Self Defense 12 W
"In Self-Defense". 1876 editorial cartoon by A. B. Frost. Depicts a caricatured former Confederates in the U.S. South with a knife and smoking gun in his hands standing over the corpse of an African-American to... More
1817 Torrey Portraiture of Slavery facing p46 The Author noting down t...
Torrey designed the illustrations for his 1817 book, Portraiture of Slavery, hiring an artist and engraver to complete them.
'Of Course He Wants To Vote The Democratic Ticket' (October 1876), Har...
'Of Course He Wants To Vote The Democratic Ticket' (October 1876), Harper's Weekly.
Ethiopian Concert playbill - Egypt
Public domain photograph related to music, performing arts, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Thomas Pollock Anshutz - The Way They Live
Public domain photograph of 19th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Thomas Hovenden - The Last Moments of John Brown - Google Art Project
Picryl description: Public domain photo of American art painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
I Likes to be a Angel by Boston Public Library (cropped)
File name: 07_11_000896 Title: I Likes to be a Angel Creator/Contributor: Beard, Harry (artist); L. Prang & Co. (publisher) Date issued: Copyright date: 1876 Physical description note: Genre: Chromolithograph... More