Arresting portraits, now a part of the Smithsonian ... Goodridge was one of the most important African American photographers of the 19th century, who, along with James P. Ball of Cincinnati ...

an enslaved African who died a free man at a very old age, comes from the diary of the man who painted his striking portrait. Charles William Peale was an American portrait painter who established ...

A 1920s photo of two Black men embracing ... and playwright" who had built his archive from vintage group portraits of African Americans that he "purchased on Ebay, at flea markets and at estate ...

The traveling portrait photography exhibition aims to reshape the narrative surrounding the portrayal of African Americans in ...

The artwork borrows from classical easel painting techniques, posing African leaders in a style mainly associated with ...

William Matthew Prior, a white abolitionist, painted both Nancy Lawson and her husband, William, as well as a few other African Americans ... a common trope in portraits at the time.

He contacted the museum, and they confirmed that portraits of African American sitters from 1841 in Philadelphia were a significant find. But the paintings are just one part of this family’s rich ...