Public domain art in black

Artworks whose dominant colour is black, measured from the image itself rather than from a curator's tag. Every work here is free to download and reuse.

Works in Public domain art in black

The Prince of Wales (King Edward VII)

Sir John Watson Gordon, Scottish, born Edinburgh, Scotland 1788/90-died Edinburgh, Scotland 1864

Cashivo Girl

Unidentified (South American?)

Young Moravian Girl

John Valentine Haidt, born Danzig, Germany 1700-died Bethlehem, PA 1780

James Barnett Dodson

Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze, born Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany 1816-died Washington, DC 1868

Red Flamingoes, study for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom

Abbott Handerson Thayer, born Boston, MA 1849-died Dublin, NH 1921

Aymara Indians

Unidentified (South American?)

Andrew Jackson

Ralph Eleaser Whiteside Earl, born ca. 1788-died Nashville, TN 1838

King Cophetua and the Beggar Maid

Albert Pinkham Ryder, born New Bedford, MA 1847-died New York City 1917

The Wiley Family

William Williams, born Bristol, England 1727-died Bristol, England 1791

Mary Churchill, Duchess of Montague

Bernard Lens, the younger, English, born London, England 1682-died Knightsbridge, England 1740

Captain Robert Lillibridge

William Verstille, born Boston, MA ca. 1755-died Boston, MA 1803

Autorretrato

Pío Casimiro Bacener, born San Juan, Puerto Rico 1840-died San Juan, Puerto Rico 1900

Josiah Hewes Anthony

James Peale, born Chestertown, MD 1749-died Philadelphia, PA 1831

Mrs. Peter Van Dyke

Margaret Maclay Bogardus, born 1804-died 1878

After Boltraffio, "Sacra Conversazione"

Kenyon Cox, born Warren, OH 1856-died New York City 1919

The Courtship of Anne Boleyn

Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze, born Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany 1816-died Washington, DC 1868

Portrait of a Young Lady

William Verstille, born Boston, MA ca. 1755-died Boston, MA 1803

Flower Studies

Abbott Handerson Thayer, born Boston, MA 1849-died Dublin, NH 1921

Saint

Unidentified (Italian)

William Lippincott

Daniel Dickinson, born Litchfield, CT 1795-died Litchfield, CT after 1866

Mrs. Cornelius Baldwin (Mary Briscoe)

Philippe Abraham Peticolas, born Meziers, France 1760-died Petersburg, VA 1841

Baptism of Christ

Unidentified (Italian)

Crucifixion

William Merritt Chase, born Williamsburg, IN 1849-died New York City 1916

Piro Girl

Unidentified (South American?)

Old Black Joe

Horace Pippin, born West Chester, PA 1888-died West Chester, PA 1946

The Inn, Germany

Walter Shirlaw, born Paisley, Scotland 1838-died Madrid, Spain 1909

A Quiet Nook

William M. Hart, born Paisley, Scotland 1823-died Mount Vernon, NY 1894

Frances Anne "Fanny" Kemble

Henry Brintnell Bounetheau, born Charleston, SC 1797-died Charleston, SC 1877

Thomas Hopkinson

Robert Feke, born Oyster Bay, NY ca. 1707-died ca. 1751

Mrs. William Boswell Lamb (Margaret Stuart Kerr)

Unidentified

Portrait of a Boy

Unidentified

Mourning Ring for William Burnside

Unidentified

Miners in the Sierras

Charles Christian Nahl, born Kassel, Germany 1818-died San Francisco, CA 1878

Mother and Sleeping Baby

Alice Pike Barney, born Cincinnati, OH 1857-died Los Angeles, CA 1931

Portrait of a Young Girl

Mary Jane Simes, born Baltimore, MD 1807-died Baltimore, MD 1872

Mrs. Price

Unidentified (British)

Miss Clothier

Unidentified

James Buchanan

Jacob Eichholtz, born Lancaster, PA 1776-died Lancaster, PA 1842

St. Isidor, Rome

Carroll Beckwith, born Hannibal, MO 1852-died New York City 1917

San José y el Cristo Niño

José Campeche y Jordán, born San Juan, Puerto Rico 1751-died San Juan, Puerto Rico 1809

Girl on a Hassock

Unidentified (European)

Georges Clemenceau

Cecilia Beaux, born Philadelphia, PA 1855-died Gloucester, MA 1942

Sarah Cherry (Mrs. Thomas Gatchell)

Unidentified (British)

Young Omahaw, War Eagle, Little Missouri, and Pawnees

Charles Bird King, born Newport, RI 1785-died Washington, DC 1862

Dama desconocida (Unknown Lady)

Ramon Atiles-Perez, born Ponce, Puerto Rico 1804-died Ponce, Puerto Rico 1875

Laura in Arabian Costume

Alice Pike Barney, born Cincinnati, OH 1857-died Los Angeles, CA 1931

Pocahontas

Antonion Zeno Shindler, 1813 Bulgaria-died Washington, DC 1899

Virgen de Monserrate

Unidentified (Puerto Rican)

Portrait of a Young Man

William Page, born Albany, NY 1811-died Staten Island, NY 1885

September Afternoon

George Inness, born Newburgh, NY 1825-died Bridge of Allan, Scotland 1894

Mrs. James Reid Lambdin (Mary O'Hara Cochran)

James Reid Lambdin, born Pittsburgh, PA 1807-died KY 1889

The Parmly Sisters

Thomas P. Rossiter, born New Haven, CT 1818-died Cold Spring, NY 1871

John Jauncey Ketchum

Walter Robertson, Irish, born Dublin, Ireland ca. 1750-died Fatehpur, India 1801/02

William H. McCardle

Unidentified

Ebenezer Martin

Henry Inman, born Utica, NY 1801-died New York City 1846

Portrait of a Gentleman

John Trumbull, born Lebanon, CT 1756-died New York City 1843

Fired On

Frederic Remington, born Canton, NY 1861-died Ridgefield, CT 1909

Adeline Morgan Thompson

Unidentified

Portrait of a Gentleman

Unidentified

Portrait of a Lady

Unidentified