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

Isaac F. Tyson

John Wood Dodge, born New York City 1807-died Pomona, TN 1893

Martha Battle Fort

Unidentified

Oak Trees

Edward Mitchell Bannister, born St. Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada 1828-died Providence, RI 1901

Jan Uytenbogaert?

Unidentified (Dutch)

Portrait of a Lady

Unidentified (British)

Captain Wheeler

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

Taking the Shortcut

W. H. Norton, active 1859-1860

Portrait of a Mother and Child

Unidentified

La Vachère

Theodore Robinson, born Irasburg, VT 1852-died New York City 1896

The Necklace

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

William T. Evans

Wyatt Eaton, born Philipsburg, Quebec 1849-died Newport, RI 1896

Mummy from Grave

Unidentified (South American?)

Miriam Etting Myers

Benjamin Trott, born Boston, MA ca. 1770-died Washington, DC 1843

(Crucifixion)

Carl Newman, born Philadelphia, PA 1858-died Abington, PA 1932

The Savoyard Boy in London

James Edward Freeman, born Grand Passage, Nova Scotia 1808-died Rome, Italy 1884

Woman Taken in Adultery

Unidentified (Italian)

Mrs. William Crick (Juliette Knight)

Unidentified

Jivaro Indian

Unidentified (South American?)

Henry Trescot

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

Half Draped Figure

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

Tete de Femme

Frank Edwin Scott, born Buffalo, NY 1863-died Paris, France 1929

The Subsiding of the Waters of the Deluge

Thomas Cole, born Bolton-le-Moors, England 1801-died Catskill, NY 1848

Elizabeth Kendall

William Jacob Baer, born Cincinnati, OH 1860-died East Orange, NJ 1941

Discussion at the Continental Arms

Frederick William Billing, born Eschwege, Germany 1835-died Santa Cruz, CA 1914

Mythological Scene

Unidentified (Italian)

Mourning Locket for A. R.

Unidentified

The Happy Mother

Max Bohm, born Cleveland, OH 1868-died Provincetown, MA 1923

Evangeline

Christian Schussele, born Guebviller, France 1824-died Merchantville, NJ 1879

James Cunningham, Last Earl of Glencairn

Unidentified (British)

Portrait of a Gentleman

Moses B. Russell, born Woodstock, NH ca. 1810-died 1884

Harriet Lane Johnston

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

Dolores Fonseca

Unidentified

Mrs. Francis Barton Stockton

Hugh Bridport, born London, England 1794-died Philadelphia, PA ca. 1868

The Roman Daughter

Rembrandt Peale, born PA 1778-died Philadelphia, PA 1860

Mrs. Hawkins and Family

Unidentified (British)

Daniel La Motte

Thomas Sully, born Horncastle, England 1783-died Philadelphia, PA 1872

Mrs. Sarah Adams Bowden

Unidentified

Dr. Elisha Poinsett

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

Untitled (landscape with rocks, man and sailboats)

Edward Mitchell Bannister, born St. Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada 1828-died Providence, RI 1901

The Clergyman

Unidentified (British)

Lima Beauty

Unidentified (South American?)

California Mission

Unidentified

My Children (Mary, Gerald, and Gladys Thayer)

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

John Dallas

Unidentified

Marchesa Elena Grimaldi-Cattaneo

Sir Anthony van Dyck, Flemish, born Antwerp, Flanders 1599-died London, England 1641

Zaparo Indian

Unidentified (South American?)

Our Lady of Guadalupe

Pedro Antonio Fresquís, born 1749-died 1831

Anishira Indian

Unidentified (South American?)

Mrs. Ebenezer Williams

Unidentified

Self-Portrait in Costume of Hamlet

Albert Herter, born New York City 1871-died Santa Barbara, CA 1950

Among the Sierra Nevada, California

Albert Bierstadt, born Solingen, Germany 1830-died New York City 1902

Alice Pike Barney, in Wedding Gown

Jared B. Flagg, born New Haven, CT 1820-died New York City 1899

Mrs. Lloyd

Unidentified (British)

Clerigo desconocido (Unknown Cleric)

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

Portrait of a Gentleman with Initials A.S.N.

Jean Francois De Vallee, active 1794-1828

Master Peters

Joseph Wood, born Clarkstown, NY 1778-died Washington, DC 1830

Gentleman of the Frothingham Family

Moses B. Russell, born Woodstock, NH ca. 1810-died 1884

Silhouette of Martha Washington

Unidentified

Mrs. John Corlis (Susannah Condé Russell)

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

Sir Guy Carelton

Unidentified (British)