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

Portrait of an American Indian

Unidentified

Peter Boylston Adams?

John Singleton Copley, born Boston, MA 1738-died 1815 London, England

John Adams

Edward Dalton Marchant, born Edgartown, MA 1806-died Asbury Park, NJ 1887

Francis Schroeder

Richard Morell Staigg, born Leeds, England 1817-died Newport, RI 1881

The Wealth of Autumn

Andrew John Henry Way, born Washington, DC 1826-died Baltimore, MD 1888

Mary Louisa Adams

Asher B. Durand, born Jefferson Village, NJ 1796-died Maplewood, NJ 1886

Catherine Woodyeare

Unidentified (British)

Samuel Love, Jr.

Robert Field, born Gloucestershire, England ca. 1769-died Kingston, Jamaica 1819

The Refugees

Kerr Eby, born Tokyo, Japan 1889-died Norwalk, CT 1946

Portrait of a Gentleman

Charles Fraser, born Charleston, SC 1782-died Charleston, SC 1860

Mary Elizabeth Francis, the Artist's Daughter

John F. Francis, born Philadelphia, PA 1808-died Jeffersonville, PA 1886

Archibald Bulloch, Governor of Georgia

Unidentified

Rev. Richard Brown

John Hesselius, born Philadelphia, PA 1728-died Annapolis, MD 1778

Benjamin Hazard Field

Daniel Huntington, born New York City 1816-died New York City 1906

Ira Allen

Unidentified

Emery Bemis

Constantino Brumidi, born Rome, Italy 1805-died Washington, DC 1880

Capt. Henry P. Fleischman

George Catlin, born Wilkes-Barre, PA 1796-died Jersey City, NJ 1872

Luncheon Still Life

John F. Francis, born Philadelphia, PA 1808-died Jeffersonville, PA 1886

Portrait of a Gentleman

Unidentified

Susan Poinsett

Edward Greene Malbone, born Newport, RI 1777-died Savannah, GA 1807

Betsy Goodridge

Sarah Goodridge, born Templeton, MA 1788-died Boston, MA 1853

Prison Scene

John Adams Elder, born Fredericksburg, VA 1833-died Fredericksburg, VA 1895

Mrs. Adeline M. Noble

François Flameng, French, born Paris, France 1856-died Paris, France 1923

Portrait of a Young Woman

Edward Harrison May, born Croydon, England 1824-died Paris, France 1887

Henry Ward Ranger

Albert Neuhuys, Dutch, born Utrecht, Netherlands 1844-died Locarno, Switzerland 1914

Isaac Praul

Lewis Aubineau, active 1799-1814

Mrs. George Willig

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

Self-Portrait

Sarah Goodridge, born Templeton, MA 1788-died Boston, MA 1853

Andrew Talcott

Carl Weinedel, born Germany 1795-died New York City 1845

Thomas Lee Shippen

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

Mrs. Christopher Burdick (Lydia Easton)

Unidentified

Portrait of a Gentleman

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

Cashivo Indian

Unidentified (South American?)

Jonathan Jones Wheeler

Raphaelle Peale, born Annapolis, MD 1774-died Philadelphia, PA 1825

Young Woman of the Chase Family

Unidentified

Colonel Benjamin Stephenson

Unidentified

Bird Nesting

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

Portrait of a Woman

Zedekiah Belknap, born Ward, MA 1781-died Weathersfield, VT 1858

Andre Joseph Villard

David Boudon, Swiss, born Geneva, Switzerland 1748-died 1816; last known residence Chillicothe

King Philip III of Spain

Unidentified (Spanish)

Emily Appleton

Sarah Goodridge, born Templeton, MA 1788-died Boston, MA 1853

George Washington

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

Evensong

Arthur B. Davies, born Utica, NY 1862-died Florence, Italy 1928

Portrait of a Lady

William M. S. Doyle, born Boston, MA 1769-died Boston, MA 1828

Male Wood Duck in a Forest Pool, study for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom

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

Robert Broome

Anson Dickinson, born Milton, CT 1779-died Litchfied, CT 1852

Hiland Hill, Jr.

Alfred T. Agate, born Sparta, NY 1812-died Washington, DC 1846

Miss Goodin

James P. Smith, ca. 1803-died Philadelphia, PA 1888

Portrait of a Man

Unidentified (Dutch)

Pompeii

Robert S. Duncanson, born Fayette, NY 1821-died Detroit, MI 1872

At Nature's Mirror

Ralph Albert Blakelock, born New York City 1847-died Elizabethtown, NY 1919

Mrs. Francis Schroeder (Caroline Seaton)

Richard Morell Staigg, born Leeds, England 1817-died Newport, RI 1881

Mrs. John Jordan, Jr.

John Henry Brown, born Lancaster, PA 1818-died Philadelphia, PA 1891

Portrait of a Lady

John Alexander McDougall, born 1810/11-died NY 1894

Portrait of a Man

Unidentified (Dutch)

Mrs. John McCluney

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

The Plaza

William R. Derrick, born San Francisco, CA 1857-died Rhinebeck, NY 1941

Judge Thomas Waties

Charles Fraser, born Charleston, SC 1782-died Charleston, SC 1860

Robert Oliphant

Raphaelle Peale, born Annapolis, MD 1774-died Philadelphia, PA 1825

Portrait of a Baby Boy

Unidentified