Curations

The Global Majority in Art

Marjorie H. Morgan

A personal curation of artworks that reflect the lives and times of the Global Majority.

Artists featured in this Curation: Albert Charles Challen (1847–1881), Bob Collins (1924–2002), David Alan Redpath Michie (1928–2015), Augustus Edwin John (1878–1961), Dod Procter (1892–1972), Glyn Warren Philpot (1884–1937), Victor Elford (1911–2003), unknown artist, John Giles Eccardt (1720–1779), Henri Gascars (1634–1701), and 265 more
645 artworks
Storyline Album Showcase

  • Mary Jane Seacole, née Grant

    Mary Jane Seacole, née Grant 1869
    Albert Charles Challen (1847–1881)
    Oil on panel
    H 24 x W 18 cm
    National Portrait Gallery, London
    Mary Jane Seacole, née Grant
    Image credit: National Portrait Gallery, London

  • Mary Seacole (1805–1881)

  • Mary Seacole

  • Shirley Bassey (b.1937) with Her Mother Eliza-Jane Metcalfe (1901–1981)

  • Shirley Bassey (b.1937) and Sharon Bassey (b.1954)

    Shirley Bassey (b.1937) and Sharon Bassey (b.1954) 1957
    Bob Collins (1924–2002)
    Selenium-toned bromide print from original negative
    H 38.4 x W 38.4 cm
    National Portrait Gallery, London
    Shirley Bassey (b.1937) and Sharon Bassey (b.1954)
    © estate of Bob Collins / National Portrait Gallery, London. Image credit: courtesy of National Portrait Gallery, London

  • Shirley Bassey (b.1937)

  • Shirley Bassey (b.1937)

  • Black Girls Walking in a Sunny Shower, Washington

    Black Girls Walking in a Sunny Shower, Washington 1978
    David Alan Redpath Michie (1928–2015)
    Oil on canvas
    H 44.4 x W 42 cm
    The Fleming Collection
    Black Girls Walking in a Sunny Shower, Washington
    © the artist's estate / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: The Fleming Collection

  • Portrait of a Jamaican Woman

    Portrait of a Jamaican Woman c.1937
    Augustus Edwin John (1878–1961)
    Oil on canvas
    H 55.9 x W 45.7 cm
    Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales
    Portrait of a Jamaican Woman
    © the artist's estate / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales

  • Portrait of a Jamaican Woman

    Portrait of a Jamaican Woman c.1937
    Augustus Edwin John (1878–1961)
    Oil on canvas
    H 55.9 x W 45.7 cm
    Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales
    Portrait of a Jamaican Woman
    © the artist's estate / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales

  • Jamaican Girl

    Jamaican Girl c.1956–1960
    Dod Procter (1892–1972)
    Oil on board
    H 30 x W 24.5 cm
    Royal Academy of Arts
    Jamaican Girl
    © Royal Academy of Arts. Image credit: Royal Academy of Arts

  • Portrait of Henry Thomas, a Jamaican Man

    Head of a Negro c.1935
    Glyn Warren Philpot (1884–1937)
    Oil on canvas
    H 44.4 x W 36.8 cm
    Bristol Museums, Galleries & Archives

  • Bronze Woman

  • West African Madonna by River

    West African Madonna by River
    Victor Elford (1911–2003)
    Oil on board
    H 59 x W 47 cm
    The Box (Plymouth Museums Galleries Archives)

  • Red Madonna

    Red Madonna
    Victor Elford (1911–2003)
    Oil on board
    H 76 x W 60 cm
    The Box (Plymouth Museums Galleries Archives)

  • Yombe Mother and Child

    Yombe Mother and Child
    unknown artist
    Wood
    H 28.2 x W 8 x D 6 cm
    Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum

  • Kneeling Mother and Baby*

    Kneeling Mother and Baby*
    unknown artist
    Bronze
    H 50 x W 28 x D 30 cm
    Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
    Kneeling Mother and Baby*
    © the copyright holder. Image credit: Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

  • James Pinson Labulo Davies (1828–1906) and Sarah Forbes Bonetta (Sarah Davies) (1843–1880)

  • Sarah (Aina) Forbes Bonetta Davies (1843–1880)

  • James Pinson Labulo Davies (1828–1906) and Sarah Forbes Bonetta (Sarah Davies) (1843–1880)

  • Sarah Forbes Bonetta (Sarah Davies) (1843–1880)

  • Lady Grace Carteret (1713–1755), Countess of Dysart with a Child (Lady Frances Tollemache?, 1738–1807), and a Black Servant, Cockatoo and Spaniel

    Lady Grace Carteret (1713–1755), Countess of Dysart with a Child (Lady Frances Tollemache?, 1738–1807), and a Black Servant, Cockatoo and Spaniel c.1740
    John Giles Eccardt (1720–1779)
    Oil on canvas
    H 132 x W 130 cm
    National Trust, Ham House
    Lady Grace Carteret (1713–1755), Countess of Dysart with a Child (Lady Frances Tollemache?, 1738–1807), and a Black Servant, Cockatoo and Spaniel
    Image credit: National Trust Images

  • Ann De Lisle De Beauvoir (b.1631/1632)

    Ann De Lisle De Beauvoir (b.1631/1632) 1669
    Henri Gascars (1634–1701) (circle of)
    Oil on canvas
    H 100.4 x W 88 cm
    Guernsey Museums and Galleries
    Ann De Lisle De Beauvoir (b.1631/1632)
    Image credit: Guernsey Museums and Galleries

  • Still Life with Figures

    Still Life with Figures 17th C
    Flemish School
    Oil on canvas on board
    H 175.2 x W 204 cm
    York Museums Trust
    Still Life with Figures
    Image credit: York Museums Trust

  • Still Life with African Figures

    Still Life with African Figures
    Fred Uhlman (1901–1985)
    Oil on canvas
    H 61 x W 91 cm
    Hatton Gallery
    Still Life with African Figures
    © the artist's estate / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: Hatton Gallery

  • Mary Helden (1726–1766) with a Dog and Her Black Page, 'Sambo'

    Mary Helden (1726–1766) with a Dog and Her Black Page, 'Sambo' 1739
    Charles Philips (1708–1747)
    Oil on canvas
    H 232.5 x W 147.5 cm
    National Trust, Sprivers
    Mary Helden (1726–1766) with a Dog and Her Black Page, 'Sambo'
    Image credit: National Trust Images

  • Lady and Attendant with Fruit

    Lady and Attendant with Fruit
    Gilbert Soest (c.1605–1681)
    Oil on canvas
    H 59.5 x W 49.5 cm
    Harris Museum, Art Gallery & Library

  • A Young Girl with an Enslaved Servant and a Dog

    A Young Girl with an Enslaved Servant and a Dog c.1725
    Bartholomew Dandridge (1691–c.1754)
    Oil on canvas
    H 121.9 x W 121.9 cm
    Yale Center for British Art
    A Young Girl with an Enslaved Servant and a Dog
    Image credit: Yale Center for British Art

  • Girl with a Dog

    Girl with a Dog 1708
    Philip Vilain (active 1694–1717)
    Oil on canvas
    H 108.7 x W 82.5 cm
    The Bowes Museum
    Girl with a Dog
    Image credit: The Bowes Museum

  • Louise de Kéroualle, Duchess of Portsmouth

    Louise de Kéroualle, Duchess of Portsmouth 1682
    Pierre Mignard I (1612–1695)
    Oil on canvas
    H 120.7 x W 95.3 cm
    National Portrait Gallery, London
    Louise de Kéroualle, Duchess of Portsmouth
    Image credit: National Portrait Gallery, London

  • West Indian Women of Color, with a Child and Black Servant

    West Indian Women of Color, with a Child and Black Servant c.1780
    Agostino Brunias (c.1730–1796)
    Oil on canvas
    H 31.1 x W 25.1 cm
    Yale Center for British Art
    West Indian Women of Color, with a Child and Black Servant
    Image credit: Yale Center for British Art

  • Portrait of a West Indian Girl

    Portrait of a West Indian Girl
    Stanley Royle (1888–1961)
    Oil on canvas
    H 49 x W 38 cm
    Heritage Doncaster

  • A West Indian Girl

    A West Indian Girl c.1940
    Augustus Edwin John (1878–1961)
    Oil on canvas
    H 61 x W 45.7 cm
    Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales
    A West Indian Girl
    © the artist's estate / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales

  • A West Indian Girl

    A West Indian Girl c.1940
    Augustus Edwin John (1878–1961)
    Oil on canvas
    H 61 x W 45.7 cm
    Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales
    A West Indian Girl
    © the artist's estate / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales

  • A West Indian Flower Girl and Two Other Free Women of Color

    A West Indian Flower Girl and Two Other Free Women of Color c.1769
    Agostino Brunias (c.1730–1796)
    Oil on canvas
    H 31.8 x W 24.8 cm
    Yale Center for British Art
    A West Indian Flower Girl and Two Other Free Women of Color
    Image credit: Yale Center for British Art

  • A West Indian Girl

    A West Indian Girl c.1940
    Augustus Edwin John (1878–1961)
    Oil on canvas
    H 61.5 x W 45.8 cm
    Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales
    A West Indian Girl
    © the artist's estate / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales

  • West Indian Waitresses

  • West Indian Man of Color, Directing Two Carib Women with a Child

    West Indian Man of Color, Directing Two Carib Women with a Child c.1780
    Agostino Brunias (c.1730–1796)
    Oil on canvas
    H 30.5 x W 25.1 cm
    Yale Center for British Art
    West Indian Man of Color, Directing Two Carib Women with a Child
    Image credit: Yale Center for British Art

  • Free West Indian Dominicans

    Free West Indian Dominicans c.1770
    Agostino Brunias (c.1730–1796)
    Oil on canvas
    H 31.8 x W 24.8 cm
    Yale Center for British Art
    Free West Indian Dominicans
    Image credit: Yale Center for British Art

  • West Indian

    West Indian 1973
    Winston Branch (b.1947)
    Oil on canvas
    H 105 x W 90.2 cm
    Rugby Art Gallery and Museum Art Collections
    West Indian
    © the artist. Image credit: Rugby Art Gallery and Museum Art Collections

  • The Black Boy

    The Black Boy c.1769
    William Jones (active 1764–1782)
    Oil on canvas
    H 89.5 x W 70 cm
    Victoria Art Gallery
    The Black Boy
    Image credit: Victoria Art Gallery

  • Study of a Black Boy

    Study of a Black Boy c.1827–c.1838
    William Etty (1787–1849)
    Oil on millboard
    H 50.8 x W 36.8 cm
    York Museums Trust
    Study of a Black Boy
    Image credit: York Museums Trust

  • Seated Arab with Black Boy

    Seated Arab with Black Boy
    Alfred Edward Emslie (1848–1918)
    Watercolour on paper
    H 35.3 x W 25.7 cm
    Royal Watercolour Society

  • A Boy and a Girl and a Black Page

    A Boy and a Girl and a Black Page 1658
    Anglo/Dutch School
    Oil on canvas
    H 139.5 x W 147.5 cm
    National Trust, Oxburgh Hall
    A Boy and a Girl and a Black Page
    Image credit: National Trust Images

  • Laura de' Dianti with Her Black Page

    Laura de' Dianti with Her Black Page 16th C
    Titian (c.1488–1576) (after)
    Oil on canvas
    H 114.5 x W 91.5 cm
    National Trust, Hatchlands

  • Charles Seymour (1662–1748), 6th Duke of Somerset, KG, with a Black Page

    Charles Seymour (1662–1748), 6th Duke of Somerset, KG, with a Black Page c.1690–1692
    John Closterman (1660–1711)
    Oil on canvas
    H 207.5 x W 144 cm
    National Trust, Petworth House
    Charles Seymour (1662–1748), 6th Duke of Somerset, KG, with a Black Page
    Image credit: National Trust Images

  • John Delaval (1756–1775), as an Archer, with a Black Page

    John Delaval (1756–1775), as an Archer, with a Black Page
    William Bell (1740–1804)
    Oil on canvas
    H 91 x W 58.5 cm
    National Trust, Seaton Delaval
    John Delaval (1756–1775), as an Archer, with a Black Page
    Image credit: National Trust Images

  • Figure of a Black Servant in Livery

  • Supposed Portrait of Florence Smyth (b.1634), and an Unnamed Black Attendant

    Portrait of a Lady (said to be Florence Smyth, b.1634, daughter of Thomas and Florence Smyth of Ashton Court) with Her Black Page c.1640
    Gilbert Jackson (active 1615–1645) (circle of)
    Oil on canvas
    H 66 x W 58.5 cm
    Bristol Museums, Galleries & Archives
    Portrait of a Lady (said to be Florence Smyth, b.1634, daughter of Thomas and Florence Smyth of Ashton Court) with Her Black Page
    Image credit: Bristol Museums, Galleries & Archives

  • Two Jamaican Girls

    Two Jamaican Girls 1937
    Augustus Edwin John (1878–1961)
    Oil on canvas
    H 76.2 x W 63.8 cm
    Walker Art Gallery
    Two Jamaican Girls
    © the artist's estate / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: Walker Art Gallery

  • Aboriginal Portrait

  • Aboriginal Peoples Go Hunting in a Rocky Ravine in Formosa

    Aboriginal Peoples Go Hunting in a Rocky Ravine in Formosa c.1850
    unknown artist
    Gouache, pen, ink & gilt on card
    H 39 x W 36.5 cm
    Wellcome Collection
    Aboriginal Peoples Go Hunting in a Rocky Ravine in Formosa
    Image credit: Wellcome Collection

  • Mouth of the St John's River, Kaffraria, and Aboriginal Inhabitants

    Mouth of the St John's River, Kaffraria, and Aboriginal Inhabitants c.1882
    Marianne North (1830–1890)
    Oil on board
    H 35.4 x W 50.7 cm
    Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
    Mouth of the St John's River, Kaffraria, and Aboriginal Inhabitants
    Image credit: The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

  • Aboriginal Peoples of Formosa Engaged in Hunting Deer and Ploughing the Field

    Aboriginal Peoples of Formosa Engaged in Hunting Deer and Ploughing the Field c.1850
    unknown artist
    Gouache, pen, ink & gilt on card
    H 39 x W 36.5 cm
    Wellcome Collection
    Aboriginal Peoples of Formosa Engaged in Hunting Deer and Ploughing the Field
    Image credit: Wellcome Collection

  • Aboriginal Canoes Communicating with the 'Monarch' and the 'Tom Tough', 28 August 1855

    Aboriginal Canoes Communicating with the 'Monarch' and the 'Tom Tough', 28 August 1855 1868
    Thomas Baines (1820–1875)
    Oil on canvas
    H 45.8 x W 66 cm
    National Maritime Museum
    Aboriginal Canoes Communicating with the 'Monarch' and the 'Tom Tough', 28 August 1855
    Image credit: National Maritime Museum

  • An Australian Aborigine

  • Aborigine

    Aborigine 1962
    Kenneth Leslie Rowell (1920–1999)
    Oil on canvas
    H 99 x W 76 cm
    Wolfson College, University of Oxford
    Aborigine
    © the artist's estate. Image credit: Wolfson College, University of Oxford

  • Woman with Aborigines

    Woman with Aborigines
    R. Noble
    Oil on canvas
    H 52.5 x W 68 cm
    Darlington Borough Art Collection
    Woman with Aborigines
    Image credit: Darlington Borough Art Collection

  • Head of a South American

  • Portrait of a North American Indian

    Portrait of a North American Indian
    Roderick Russell
    Oil on hardboard
    H 68 x W 50 cm
    Bradford Museums and Galleries
    Portrait of a North American Indian
    © the copyright holder. Image credit: Bradford Museums and Galleries

  • An American Indian Medicine Man

    An American Indian Medicine Man
    unknown artist
    Oil on canvas
    H 37 x W 31 cm
    Wellcome Collection
    An American Indian Medicine Man
    Image credit: Wellcome Collection

  • Yellowhead, a North American Indian Medicine Man Aged 40

    Yellowhead, a North American Indian Medicine Man Aged 40 1920
    William Langdon Kihn (1898–1957)
    Pastel, crayon & pencil on paper (?)
    H 63.5 x W 42.3 cm
    Wellcome Collection
    Yellowhead, a North American Indian Medicine Man Aged 40
    © the copyright holder. Image credit: Wellcome Collection

  • General Johnson Saving a Wounded French Officer from a North American Indian

    General Johnson Saving a Wounded French Officer from a North American Indian c.1768
    Benjamin West (1738–1820)
    Oil on canvas
    H 129.5 x W 106.5 cm
    Derby Museums Trust
    General Johnson Saving a Wounded French Officer from a North American Indian
    Image credit: Derby Museums Trust

  • Albert Mad Plume, a North American Indian Medicine Man

    Albert Mad Plume, a North American Indian Medicine Man
    William Langdon Kihn (1898–1957)
    Pastel, crayon & pencil on paper (?)
    H 60.5 x W 40.8 cm
    Wellcome Collection
    Albert Mad Plume, a North American Indian Medicine Man
    © the copyright holder. Image credit: Wellcome Collection

  • The Slave Trade (Slaves on the West Coast of Africa)

    The Slave Trade (Slaves on the West Coast of Africa) c.1839–1840
    François Auguste Biard (1799–1882)
    Oil on canvas
    H 162 x W 228.6 cm
    Wilberforce House Museum
    The Slave Trade (Slaves on the West Coast of Africa)
    Image credit: Bridgeman Images

  • The Song of the Nubian Slave

    The Song of the Nubian Slave 1863
    Frederick Goodall (1822–1904)
    Oil on canvas
    H 71.2 x W 92 cm
    Royal Academy of Arts
    The Song of the Nubian Slave
    Image credit: Royal Academy of Arts

  • Africans on a Plantation

    Africans on a Plantation c.1985
    Wilde
    Oil on canvas
    H 47 x W 65 cm
    Zoological Society of London
    Africans on a Plantation
    © the copyright holder. Image credit: Zoological Society of London

  • Tobacco Plantation in S. Rhodesia

  • African Woman Making Beer

    African Woman Making Beer
    unknown artist
    Wood
    H 7 x W 6.4 cm
    Canterbury Museums and Galleries

  • Female African Figure*

  • African Women

    African Women 2008
    J. Jameson
    Oil on board
    H 49.5 x W 39 cm
    University College London Hospitals
    African Women
    © the copyright holder. Image credit: University College London Hospitals

  • Two African Women

    Two African Women 1949
    Leon Underwood (1890–1975)
    Charcoal & watercolour on paper
    H 53.5 x W 38.5 cm
    Jerwood Collection
    Two African Women
    © the estate of Leon Underwood / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: Jerwood Collection

  • Women Dancing in a Busy Street in a North African (?) Country

    Women Dancing in a Busy Street in a North African (?) Country 19th C (?)
    unknown artist
    Watercolour on paper
    H 28.2 x W 67.5 cm
    Wellcome Collection
    Women Dancing in a Busy Street in a North African (?) Country
    Image credit: Wellcome Collection

  • Three African Women

    Three African Women
    B. Long
    Acrylic & hair on paper
    H 50 x W 60 cm
    University of Reading Art Collection
    Three African Women
    © the copyright holder. Image credit: University of Reading Art Collection

  • Bust of an African Woman

    Bust of an African Woman 1861
    Charles Henri Cordier (1827–1905)
    Bronze
    H 78 x W 33 cm
    National Trust, Ickworth
    Bust of an African Woman
    Image credit: National Trust Images

  • West African Woman Carrying a Bowl

    West African Woman Carrying a Bowl
    Victor Elford (1911–2003)
    Oil on board
    H 58 x W 45 cm
    The Box (Plymouth Museums Galleries Archives)

  • Head of an African Woman

    Head of an African Woman
    unknown artist
    Ebony
    H 16.5 x W 11.5 x D 10 cm
    Royal Engineers Museum, Library and Archive, Gillingham
    Head of an African Woman
    © the copyright holder. Image credit: Royal Engineers Museum, Library and Archive, Gillingham

  • African Woman

  • African Boy Riding a Billy Goat

    An African Boy Riding a Billy Goat 15th C (?)
    Andrea Riccio (1470–1532) (attributed to)
    Bronze
    H 21.7 x W 22.1 cm
    The Barber Institute of Fine Arts

  • Leenu, Portrait of an African Girl

    Leenu, Portrait of an African Girl 1942
    Richard Procter Dugdale (1913–1989)
    Oil on board
    H 46 x W 36 cm
    Kirklees Museums and Galleries
    Leenu, Portrait of an African Girl
    © the copyright holder. Image credit: Kirklees Museums and Galleries

  • Portrait of an African Girl

    Portrait of an African Girl 1957
    Peter de Francia (1921–2012)
    Oil on canvas
    H 178 x W 131 cm
    Museums Sheffield
    Portrait of an African Girl
    © estate of Peter de Francia, courtesy James Hyman Gallery, London. Image credit: Museums Sheffield

  • African Girl No. 2

    African Girl No. 2 1965
    Carel Victor Morlais Weight (1908–1997)
    Oil on canvas
    H 101.6 x W 76.2 cm
    Nottingham City Museums
    African Girl No. 2
    © the artist's estate / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: Nottingham City Museums

  • African Girl

  • African Village

    African Village
    Corneille
    Oil
    Paisley Museum and Art Galleries, Renfrewshire Council Collections

  • African Village*

    African Village*
    Thomas J. Wani
    Oil on canvas
    H 36 x W 52 cm
    North Hertfordshire Museum
    African Village*
    Image credit: North Hertfordshire Museum

  • African Village

    African Village
    unknown artist
    Acrylic on paper
    H 46.5 x W 71 cm
    St Michael's Hospital
    African Village
    © the copyright holder. Image credit: St Michael's Hospital

  • African Scene: Village and Coast (?)

    African? scene: village and coast 1930 - 1990
    Bandre (active 20th C)
    Oil on board
    H 47 x W 59 cm
    University of St Andrews
    African? scene: village and coast
    © the copyright holder. Image credit: University of St Andrews

  • Harold Moody (1882–1947)

    Harold Moody (1882–1947) 1997
    Ronald Moody (1900–1984)
    Bronze
    H 40.5 x W 23 x D 27.5 cm
    National Portrait Gallery, London
    Harold Moody (1882–1947)
    © National Portrait Gallery, London. Image credit: National Portrait Gallery, London

  • Paul Robeson (1898–1976)

  • Paul Robeson (1898–1976)

  • Paul Robeson's Son

    Paul Robeson's Son 1938
    Jacob Epstein (1880–1959)
    Patinated bronze
    H 31.4 x W 25.5 x D 22.5 cm
    Museums Sheffield

  • Paul Robeson (1898–1976)

    Paul Robeson (1898–1976) c.1940
    Jacob Epstein (1880–1959)
    Bronze
    H 34 x W 21 x D 30 cm
    Rochdale Arts & Heritage Service
    Paul Robeson (1898–1976)
    © the artist's estate / Tate Images. Image credit: Rochdale Arts & Heritage Service

  • From Tarzan to Rambo: English Born ‘Native’ Considers her Relationship to the Constructed/Self Image and her Roots in Reconstruction

    From Tarzan to Rambo: English Born ‘Native’ Considers her Relationship to the Constructed/Self Image and her Roots in Reconstruction 1987
    Sonia Boyce (b.1962)
    Photographs, black and white, on paper, photocopies on paper, acrylic paint, ballpoint pen, crayon and felt-tip pen
    H 125 x W 360 cm
    Tate
    From Tarzan to Rambo: English Born ‘Native’ Considers her Relationship to the Constructed/Self Image and her Roots in Reconstruction
    © Sonia Boyce. All rights reserved, DACS 2020. Image credit: Tate

  • Network

    Network 2013
    Thomas J. Price (b.1981)
    Bronze
    H 285.3 x W 184 x D 184 cm
    Yorkshire Sculpture Park
    Network
    © Courtesy of the Artist, Lender and YSP. Image credit: Jonty Wilde. Courtesy of YSP

  • Sportswear (Achilles Street)

    Sportswear (Achilles Street) 2011
    Thomas J. Price (b.1981)
    Bronze & Perspex with integral wooden plinth
    H 171 x W 36 cm
    Government Art Collection

  • John Delaval (1756–1775), as an Archer, with a Black Page, in a Landscape Setting

    John Delaval (1756–1775), as an Archer, with a Black Page, in a Landscape Setting 1770
    William Bell (1740–1804)
    Oil on canvas
    H 231 x W 145 cm
    National Trust, Seaton Delaval
    John Delaval (1756–1775), as an Archer, with a Black Page, in a Landscape Setting
    Image credit: National Trust Images

  • Viscount Weymouth's Hunt: Thomas, 2nd Viscount Weymouth, with a Black Page and other Huntsmen at the Kill

    Viscount Weymouth's Hunt: Thomas, 2nd Viscount Weymouth, with a Black Page and other Huntsmen at the Kill 1733–6
    John Wootton (c.1682–1764)
    Oil on canvas
    H 359 x W 345 cm
    Tate
    Viscount Weymouth's Hunt: Thomas, 2nd Viscount Weymouth, with a Black Page and other Huntsmen at the Kill
    Image credit: Tate

  • De negro y india se produce un lobo

    De negro y india se produce un lobo
    Mexican School
    Oil on canvas
    H 103 x W 147 cm
    Leicester Arts and Museums Service
    De negro y india se produce un lobo
    Image credit: Leicester Arts and Museums Service

  • Negro Dancers – Victoria, Ora and Serafina

    Negro Dancers – Victoria, Ora and Serafina
    William Russell Flint (1880–1969)
    Oil on canvas
    H 50.8 x W 76.2 cm
    Dundee Art Galleries and Museums Collection (Dundee City Council)
    Negro Dancers – Victoria, Ora and Serafina
    © the artist's estate. Image credit: Dundee Art Galleries and Museums Collection (Dundee City Council)

  • Negro in White

    Negro in White c.1922
    Francis Campbell Boileau Cadell (1883–1937)
    Oil on canvas
    H 76.2 x W 63.8 cm
    Dundee Art Galleries and Museums Collection (Dundee City Council)
    Negro in White
    Image credit: Dundee Art Galleries and Museums Collection (Dundee City Council)

  • Negro Head

    Negro Head
    Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836–1912)
    Oil on canvas
    H 43.9 x W 43.5 cm
    Towner
    Negro Head
    Image credit: Towner

  • Negro

    Negro
    Enrico Equi (b.1936)
    Oil on board
    H 90 x W 69.5 cm
    Hartlepool Museums and Heritage Service
    Negro
    © the copyright holder. Image credit: Hartlepool Museums and Heritage Service

  • Dancing Negro

    Dancing Negro
    Laura Sylvia Gosse (1881–1968)
    Oil on canvas
    H 110.9 x W 62.2 cm
    Museums Sheffield
    Dancing Negro
    © the artist's estate / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: Museums Sheffield

  • Ornamental Panels of Two of the Four Continents: Africa

    Ornamental Panels of Two of the Four Continents: Africa
    Jean-Baptiste Le Prince (1734–1781) (attributed to)
    Oil on panel
    H 125.5 x W 56 cm
    National Trust, Hinton Ampner
    Ornamental Panels of Two of the Four Continents: Africa
    Image credit: National Trust Images

  • Finial in the Form of an African Man's Head

    Finial in the Form of an African Man's Head 1848–1852
    Angelo Giordani
    Bronze
    H 21.5 x W 7 x D 9.5 cm
    National Trust, Kingston Lacy

  • Ancilla with an Orange

    Ancilla with an Orange
    Dod Procter (1892–1972)
    Oil on canvas
    H 60 x W 51 cm
    RWA (Royal West of England Academy)
    Ancilla with an Orange
    © the artist's estate / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: RWA (Royal West of England Academy)

  • Sketch of Burmese Children

    Sketch of Burmese Children
    Dod Procter (1892–1972)
    Oil on canvas
    H 59 x W 49.5 cm
    Atkinson Art Gallery Collection

  • Sketch of a Native Girl, Burma

    Sketch of a Native Girl, Burma 1922–1927
    Edward Atkinson Hornel (1864–1933)
    Oil on canvas
    H 51 x W 40.5 cm
    National Trust for Scotland, Broughton House & Garden
    Sketch of a Native Girl, Burma
    Image credit: National Trust for Scotland, Broughton House & Garden

  • Boys and Coconuts

    Boys and Coconuts 1954
    Dod Procter (1892–1972)
    Oil on canvas
    H 65 x W 50 cm
    Cornwall Council
    Boys and Coconuts
    © the artist's estate / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: Cornwall Council

  • Gabriel in St Lucia

    Gabriel in St Lucia 1950–1960
    Dod Procter (1892–1972)
    Oil on canvas
    H 46 x W 36 cm
    Penlee House Gallery & Museum

  • African Head

    African Head
    unknown artist
    University of Leicester

  • African Head

    African Head
    Dod Procter (1892–1972)
    Oil on hardboard
    H 29.3 x W 24.6 cm
    The Box (Plymouth Museums Galleries Archives)

  • African Head (Dahomy Princess)

    African Head (Dahomy Princess) 1928–1929
    Dora Gordine (1895–1991)
    Plaster
    H 41.2 x W 13.8 x D 26.5 cm
    Dorich House Museum, Kingston University

  • The Sunday Shirt

    The Sunday Shirt c.1957
    Dod Procter (1892–1972)
    Oil on canvas
    H 54 x W 43.2 cm
    Royal Academy of Arts
    The Sunday Shirt
    © Royal Academy of Arts. Image credit: Royal Academy of Arts

  • Caribbean Family in Trafalgar Square, London

    Caribbean Family in Trafalgar Square, London 1950–1962
    Harold Dearden (1888–1962)
    Oil on canvas
    H 76.5 x W 73.6 cm
    Museum of London
    Caribbean Family in Trafalgar Square, London
    © the copyright holder. Image credit: Museum of London

  • Caribbean Grey Day

    Caribbean Grey Day
    Alethea Garstin (1894–1978)
    Oil on canvas
    H 22 x W 26.5 cm
    RWA (Royal West of England Academy)
    Caribbean Grey Day
    © the copyright holder. Image credit: RWA (Royal West of England Academy)

  • British Empire Panel (7) West Indies

    British Empire Panel (7) West Indies c.1930
    Frank Brangwyn (1867–1956)
    Oil on canvas
    H 365.7 x W 396 cm
    Glynn Vivian Art Gallery
    British Empire Panel (7) West Indies
    © the artist's estate / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: City & County of Swansea: Glynn Vivian Art Gallery Collection

  • British Empire Panel (13) East Africa

    British Empire Panel (13) East Africa c.1930
    Frank Brangwyn (1867–1956)
    Oil on canvas
    H 365.7 x W 396 cm
    Glynn Vivian Art Gallery
    British Empire Panel (13) East Africa
    © the artist's estate / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: City & County of Swansea: Glynn Vivian Art Gallery Collection

  • Javanese Head

    Javanese Head 1931
    Dora Gordine (1895–1991)
    Bronze on wooden base
    H 45.8 x W 21 x D 27.5 cm
    Tate
    Javanese Head
    © Dorich House Museum, Kingston University. Image credit: Tate

  • Suni

  • A Pathan Sowar, 25th Cavalry (Frontier Force)

    A Pathan Sowar, 25th Cavalry (Frontier Force) c.1908
    Leila Kathleen Williamson (b.c.1859)
    Oil on canvas
    H 55.5 x W 44.1 cm
    National Army Museum
    A Pathan Sowar, 25th Cavalry (Frontier Force)
    Image credit: National Army Museum

  • A Sick Tribal Chief Consulting His Witch Doctor and Admits to Having Eaten a German Missionary

    A Sick Tribal Chief Consulting His Witch Doctor and Admits to Having Eaten a German Missionary
    Frederick Garnett
    Pen & ink on paper (?)
    H 20.4 x W 28.4 cm
    Wellcome Collection
    A Sick Tribal Chief Consulting His Witch Doctor and Admits to Having Eaten a German Missionary
    © the copyright holder. Image credit: Wellcome Collection

  • Tribal Village of Huts in a Cliff-Bound Landscape, 1931 (Africa)

    Tribal Village of Huts in a Cliff-Bound Landscape, 1931 (Africa) 1931
    Catherine Rosabelle Chamney (1894–1966)
    Watercolour on paper
    H 21.5 x W 33.5 cm
    Bushey Museum and Art Gallery
    Tribal Village of Huts in a Cliff-Bound Landscape, 1931 (Africa)
    © the copyright holder. Image credit: Bushey Museum and Art Gallery

  • Tribal Gathering

    Tribal Gathering 1971
    James Tytler (b.1948)
    Oil on canvas
    H 127 x W 148.8 cm
    Art & Heritage Collections, Robert Gordon University
    Tribal Gathering
    © the copyright holder. Image credit: Art & Heritage Collections, Robert Gordon University

  • Formosan Tribal Peoples Engaged in Raising the Thatched Roof of a Hut, Mending Fishing Nets and Tending Lobster Traps in a Stream

    Formosan Tribal Peoples Engaged in Raising the Thatched Roof of a Hut, Mending Fishing Nets and Tending Lobster Traps in a Stream c.1850
    unknown artist
    Gouache, pen & ink on card
    H 21.6 x W 17.8 cm
    Wellcome Collection
    Formosan Tribal Peoples Engaged in Raising the Thatched Roof of a Hut, Mending Fishing Nets and Tending Lobster Traps in a Stream
    Image credit: Wellcome Collection

  • Tribal Mark

    Tribal Mark 1961
    Aubrey Williams (1926–1990)
    Oil on canvas
    H 76 x W 102 cm
    Tate
    Tribal Mark
    © Estate of Aubrey Williams. All rights reserved, DACS 2022. Image credit: Tate

  • The Empire's Copra

  • The Empire's Sugar Cane

  • Katherine Dunham Dance Company Rehearsing, Empire Theatre, Glasgow

    Katherine Dunham Dance Company Rehearsing, Empire Theatre, Glasgow 1952
    Margaret Morris (1891–1980)
    Oil on canvas
    H 66 x W 96.7 cm
    Perth & Kinross Council
    Katherine Dunham Dance Company Rehearsing, Empire Theatre, Glasgow
    © The International Association of Margaret Morris Movement Limited. Image credit: Perth & Kinross Council

  • Picking Empire-Grown Tea

  • The Adoration of the Magi

    The Adoration of the Magi c.1518
    Jan van Doornik (c.1470–c.1527) (attributed to)
    Oil on panel
    H 91.5 x W 60 cm
    National Trust, Stourhead
    The Adoration of the Magi
    Image credit: National Trust Images

  • The Adoration of the Magi

    The Adoration of the Magi c.1515
    Hieronymus Bosch (c.1450–1516) (attributed to)
    Oil on panel
    H 100 x W 73 cm
    National Trust, Petworth House
    The Adoration of the Magi
    Image credit: National Trust Images

  • A Sergeant of a Cavalry Regiment

    A Sergeant of a Cavalry Regiment c.1830
    unknown artist
    Oil on canvas
    H 85.6 x W 65 cm
    National Army Museum
    A Sergeant of a Cavalry Regiment
    Image credit: National Army Museum

  • Soldier of the King's African Rifles, Ceremonial Dress

    Soldier of the King's African Rifles, Ceremonial Dress 1962
    J. Gilson
    Oil on canvas
    H 53 x W 45 cm
    The Royal Logistic Corps Museum
    Soldier of the King's African Rifles, Ceremonial Dress
    © the copyright holder. Image credit: The Royal Logistic Corps Museum

  • I Was There IV

  • I Was There V

  • This is General Gordon – I have forgotten was there a past?

  • Smoking Beach Boy

    Smoking Beach Boy
    John Byrne (b.1940)
    Oil on board
    H 121 x W 270 cm
    Royal Scottish Academy of Art & Architecture

  • Between the Two my Heart is Balanced

    Between the Two my Heart is Balanced 1991
    Lubaina Himid (b.1954)
    Acrylic on canvas
    H 121.8 x W 152.4 cm
    Tate
    Between the Two my Heart is Balanced
    © the artist. Image credit: Tate

  • Kaffir Head

    Kaffir Head 1920s
    Neville Lewis (1895–1972)
    Oil on panel
    H 34 x W 23.6 cm
    The Wilson
    Kaffir Head
    © the copyright holder. Image credit: The Cheltenham Trust and Cheltenham Borough Council

  • Onward Christian Soldiers

    Onward Christian Soldiers 1987
    Mowbray Odonkor (b.1962)
    Acrylic on paper
    H 152 x W 182 cm
    Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre
    Onward Christian Soldiers
    © the copyright holder. Image credit: Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre

  • Sir John Chardin

    Sir John Chardin 1711
    British School
    Oil on canvas
    H 138 x W 138 cm
    The Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology
    Sir John Chardin
    Image credit: The Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology

  • The Zulu

    The Zulu 1930
    Neville Lewis (1895–1972)
    Oil on wood
    H 35.6 x W 25.4 cm
    Nottingham City Museums
    The Zulu
    © the copyright holder. Image credit: Nottingham City Museums

  • The Message of Peace

    The Message of Peace 1982
    Seth Ayorkwa
    Oil on canvas
    H 67 x W 61.5 cm
    BBC
    The Message of Peace
    © the copyright holder. Image credit: BBC

  • Sheikh in Zamibal

    Sheikh in Zamibal 1951
    Terence McCaw (1913–1978)
    Oil on canvas
    H 45.7 x W 40.6 cm
    Roebuck Collection

  • Woman's Head

    Woman's Head 1991
    Patrick Martin (b.1958)
    Oil & distemper on paper
    H 105 x W 75 cm
    Leicestershire County Council Artworks Collection
    Woman's Head
    © the copyright holder. Image credit: Leicestershire County Council Artworks Collection

  • James Howe, Benjamin Tilden and Richard John Thompson

    James Howe, Benjamin Tilden and Richard John Thompson 1729–1739
    Jacopo Amigoni (c.1682–1752)
    Oil on canvas
    H 144 x W 193 cm
    York Museums Trust
    James Howe, Benjamin Tilden and Richard John Thompson
    Image credit: York Museums Trust

  • Bush Landscape with Figures

    Bush Landscape with Figures
    William Mitcheson Timlin (1893–1943)
    Oil on canvas
    H 101 x W 151 cm
    Loughborough University

  • After the Lion Hunt (W. F. Webb and Captain W. Codrington, South Africa)

    After the Lion Hunt (W. F. Webb and Captain W. Codrington, South Africa) 1857
    Alfred Corbould (c.1821–1874)
    Oil on canvas
    H 267 x W 334 cm
    Newstead Abbey
    After the Lion Hunt (W. F. Webb and Captain W. Codrington, South Africa)
    Image credit: Newstead Abbey

  • View on the Kwanga River with a Native in a Canoe

    View on the Kwanga River with a Native in a Canoe 1884–1894
    Henry Bailey (1848–1933)
    Oil on canvas
    H 22 x W 33.5 cm
    Government Art Collection
    View on the Kwanga River with a Native in a Canoe
    Image credit: Government Art Collection

  • Women and Trees*

    Women and Trees* 2003
    Yasmine
    Acrylic on paper
    H 26.5 x W 50.5 cm
    CW+
    Women and Trees*
    © the copyright holder. Image credit: CW+

  • A Homage to Velázquez

    A Homage to Velázquez about 1692-1700
    Luca Giordano (1634–1705)
    Oil on canvas
    H 205.2 x W 182.2 cm
    The National Gallery, London
    A Homage to Velázquez
    Image credit: The National Gallery, London

  • Monkey dey Chop, Baboon dey Cry

    Monkey dey Chop, Baboon dey Cry 1984
    Tam Joseph (b.1947)
    Acrylic on canvas
    H 155 x W 225 cm
    Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre
    Monkey dey Chop, Baboon dey Cry
    © the artist. Image credit: Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre

  • Bob Jones, Temne Boy, Freetown, West Africa

    Bob Jones, Temne Boy, Freetown, West Africa 1941
    J. Hays (active 1942–1961)
    Oil on canvas
    H 35.6 x W 25 cm
    Roebuck Collection

  • Scenery and Events in South Africa

    Scenery and Events in South Africa 1852
    Thomas Baines (1820–1875)
    Oil on paper
    H 65 x W 51.5 cm
    King's Lynn Museums
    Scenery and Events in South Africa
    Image credit: King's Lynn Museums

  • A Fellah of Kinneh

    A Fellah of Kinneh 1869
    Thomas Stuart Smith (1813–1869)
    Oil on canvas
    H 96 x W 66 cm
    The Stirling Smith Art Gallery & Museum

  • An Egyptian Fellahah with Her Child

    An Egyptian Fellahah with Her Child c.1830–1840
    Achille-Constant-Théodore-Emile Prisse d'Avennes (1807–1879) (attributed to)
    Oil on canvas
    H 33.2 x W 24.3 cm
    Paintings Collection
    An Egyptian Fellahah with Her Child
    Image credit: Victoria and Albert Museum, London

  • A Man Cooking Meat on an Indian Barbeque

    A Man Cooking Meat on an Indian Barbeque 19th C (?)
    unknown artist
    Gouache on mica
    H 14.3 x W 11 cm
    Wellcome Collection
    A Man Cooking Meat on an Indian Barbeque
    Image credit: Wellcome Collection

  • Sticks for the Cooking Fire

    Sticks for the Cooking Fire
    Khadija Shaw (b.1966)
    Oil on paper
    H 41.5 x W 29.3 cm
    Down County Museum
    Sticks for the Cooking Fire
    © the artist. Image credit: Down County Museum

  • A Man Sitting on Top of a Device for Cooking (?)

    A Man Sitting on Top of a Device for Cooking (?) 19th C (?)
    unknown artist
    Gouache & watercolour on paper
    H 5.3 x W 8.3 cm
    Wellcome Collection
    A Man Sitting on Top of a Device for Cooking (?)
    Image credit: Wellcome Collection

  • Boy Blowing on a Firebrand

    Boy Blowing on a Firebrand
    Godfried Schalcken (1643–1706) (after)
    Oil on panel
    H 41 x W 31 cm
    Colchester and Ipswich Museums Service: Ipswich Borough Council Collection

  • Nigerian Man Playing an Instrument

    Nigerian Man Playing an Instrument 1962
    Richard Procter Dugdale (1913–1989)
    Oil on hardboard
    H 49.5 x W 45.2 cm
    Oxford Brookes University
    Nigerian Man Playing an Instrument
    © the copyright holder. Image credit: Oxford Brookes University

  • Nigerian Woman Carrying Baby

  • Head of a Nigerian

    Head of a Nigerian
    James Lawrence Isherwood (1917–1989)
    Oil on panel
    H 34 x W 29 cm
    The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery
    Head of a Nigerian
    © the copyright holder. Image credit: The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery

  • Nigerian Girl

  • Nigerian Orderly Sergeant

    Nigerian Orderly Sergeant 1949
    Lash
    Oil on board
    H 50 x W 40 cm
    Police Service of Northern Ireland
    Nigerian Orderly Sergeant
    © the copyright holder. Image credit: Police Service of Northern Ireland

  • Nigerian Dancers

    Nigerian Dancers
    Benedict Chukwukadibia Enwonwu (1917–1994)
    Oil on canvas
    H 59 x W 50.5 cm
    Luton Culture
    Nigerian Dancers
    © by kind permission of the Ben Enwonwu Foundation. Image credit: Luton Culture

  • Nigerian Shrine Figure

    Nigerian Shrine Figure
    unknown artist
    Wood
    H 42 x W 10.5 x D 8 cm
    Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum

  • Gun Drill: Fort Mombasa, Kenya

    Gun Drill: Fort Mombasa, Kenya 1943
    Violet Muriel Baber Mimpriss (1895–1987)
    Oil on canvas
    H 50.8 x W 60.9 cm
    IWM (Imperial War Museums)
    Gun Drill: Fort Mombasa, Kenya
    Image credit: IWM (Imperial War Museums)

  • Kenyan Soldier

  • White Wedding in Kenya

    White Wedding in Kenya 1953
    Stanley Warren (1917–1992)
    Oil on canvas
    H 89.5 x W 131 cm
    Bruce Castle Museum (Haringey Culture, Libraries and Learning)
    White Wedding in Kenya
    © the copyright holder. Image credit: Bruce Castle Museum (Haringey Culture, Libraries and Learning)

  • Wooden Sculpture from Kenya

    Wooden Sculpture from Kenya
    unknown artist
    Wood
    H 29 x W 6 x D 4 cm
    Watford Museum
    Wooden Sculpture from Kenya
    © the copyright holder. Image credit: Watford Museum

  • South Africa III

    South Africa III 2003
    Hannah Satchel (b.1980)
    Oil on canvas
    H 134 x W 270 cm
    University of Surrey
    South Africa III
    © the copyright holder. Image credit: University of Surrey

  • Nelson Mandela (1918–2013)

    Nelson Mandela (1918–2013) 2000
    Anne H. Mackintosh (b.1944)
    Oil on canvas
    H 152.4 x W 121.9 cm
    Glasgow Caledonian University
    Nelson Mandela (1918–2013)
    © the artist. Image credit: Glasgow Caledonian University

  • Nelson Mandela (1918–2013)

  • Nelson Mandela (1918–2013)

  • Nelson Mandela (1918–2013), at Nineteen

    Nelson Mandela (1918–2013), at Nineteen 1986
    Lex Braes (b.1956)
    Oil on canvas
    H 208.6 x W 175.6 cm
    Museums & Galleries Edinburgh – City of Edinburgh Council
    Nelson Mandela (1918–2013), at Nineteen
    © the artist. Image credit: Museums & Galleries Edinburgh – City of Edinburgh Council

  • Nelson Mandela (1918–2013)

    Nelson Mandela (1918–2013) 2008
    Ian Homer Walters (1930–2006)
    Bronze
    H 68.5 cm
    National Portrait Gallery, London
    Nelson Mandela (1918–2013)
    © the artist's estate. Image credit: National Portrait Gallery, London

  • Nelson Mandela (1918–2013), President of the Republic of South Africa

  • Nelson Mandela (1918–2013)

  • Jerita, 2010, Johannesburg, South Africa

  • Market Woman in Ghana

    Market Woman in Ghana 1947
    Lebrecht Hesse
    Oil on canvas
    H 61 x W 50.5 cm
    University of Sussex
    Market Woman in Ghana
    © the copyright holder. Image credit: University of Sussex

  • 'Obuasi' Loading Cocoa at Accra, Ghana

    'Obuasi' Loading Cocoa at Accra, Ghana
    John Stobart (b.1929)
    Oil on canvas
    H 71.1 x W 101.6 cm
    Merseyside Maritime Museum
    'Obuasi' Loading Cocoa at Accra, Ghana
    © the artist. Image credit: Merseyside Maritime Museum

  • Portrait of Female Berber – Morocco

  • Acrobats, Marrakesh, Morocco

    Acrobats, Marrakesh, Morocco 1936
    James McBey (1883–1959)
    Oil on canvas
    H 81.5 x W 66 cm
    Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums
    Acrobats, Marrakesh, Morocco
    © Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums. Image credit: Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums

  • Ouarzazate, Morocco

    Ouarzazate, Morocco c.1935
    James McBey (1883–1959)
    Oil on canvas
    H 70.5 x W 91.7 cm
    Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums
    Ouarzazate, Morocco
    © Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums. Image credit: Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums

  • Male Figure

  • Male Figure

  • Container for Nkisi Force (with Headdress)

  • Container for Nkisi Force

  • Nkisi Force Container

  • Two Designs for the Mengo Medical Mission, Uganda: on the Front Two Scientists Researching and on the Reverse a Medicine Man and Physician

    Two Designs for the Mengo Medical Mission, Uganda: on the Front Two Scientists Researching and on the Reverse a Medicine Man and Physician 1927
    unknown artist
    Pen, ink & gouache on paper (?)
    H 42.9 x W 58.1 cm
    Wellcome Collection
    Two Designs for the Mengo Medical Mission, Uganda: on the Front Two Scientists Researching and on the Reverse a Medicine Man and Physician
    Image credit: Wellcome Collection

  • Musician and Clown – Le grand ballet de Senegal

  • A Malian Man

    A Malian Man 19th C (?)
    unknown artist
    Gouache on mica
    H 11.5 x W 7.6 cm
    Wellcome Collection
    A Malian Man
    Image credit: Wellcome Collection

  • The Wife of a Malian Man

    The Wife of a Malian Man 19th C (?)
    unknown artist
    Gouache on mica
    H 11.5 x W 7.6 cm
    Wellcome Collection
    The Wife of a Malian Man
    Image credit: Wellcome Collection

  • Malian Figure

    Malian Figure
    unknown artist
    Wood
    H 21 x W 9 x D 5 cm
    The Gurkha Museum
    Malian Figure
    © the copyright holder. Image credit: The Gurkha Museum

  • Mali Carving of Three Male Figures

  • Lemon Girl of the Gambia

    Lemon Girl of the Gambia 2006
    Sam Baker (b.1984)
    Mixed media on board
    H 157.5 x W 96.6 cm
    Southampton Solent University
    Lemon Girl of the Gambia
    © the copyright holder. Image credit: Southampton Solent University

  • The Capture of Tubabecelong, Gambia

    The Capture of Tubabecelong, Gambia 1866
    Louis William Desanges (1822–1906)
    Oil on canvas
    H 132 x W 183 cm
    Penlee House Gallery & Museum

  • Captain Atal: Served at Keren, Eritrea

    Captain Atal: Served at Keren, Eritrea 1941
    Henry Marvell Carr (1894–1970)
    Oil on canvas
    H 111.7 x W 86.3 cm
    IWM (Imperial War Museums)
    Captain Atal: Served at Keren, Eritrea
    Image credit: IWM (Imperial War Museums)

  • Sudanese Guard

    Sudanese Guard 1953
    Ralph Lillford (b.1932)
    Oil on canvas
    H 60.96 x W 53.34 cm
    National Army Museum
    Sudanese Guard
    © the artist. Image credit: National Army Museum

  • A Sudan Cotton Field

  • A Niger Fisherman

  • Argungu Fishing Festival

    Argungu Fishing Festival
    Michael Agwu
    Oil on canvas
    H 71 x W 81.5 cm
    The Pitt Rivers Museum
    Argungu Fishing Festival
    © the copyright holder. Image credit: The Pitt Rivers Museum

  • Bust of an Oba

  • Memorial Head*

  • Lakinle

    Lakinle 20th C
    unknown artist
    Paint on canvas
    H 55.8 x W 39.8 cm
    Horniman Museum and Gardens
    Lakinle
    © the copyright holder. Image credit: Horniman Museum and Gardens

  • Dele Giwa

    Dele Giwa 20th C
    unknown artist
    Paint on canvas
    H 48.5 x W 33 cm
    Horniman Museum and Gardens
    Dele Giwa
    © the copyright holder. Image credit: Horniman Museum and Gardens

  • Yoruba Woman, Nigeria

    Yoruba Woman, Nigeria 1961
    Richard Procter Dugdale (1913–1989)
    Oil on hardboard
    H 46 x W 30.5 cm
    Oxford Brookes University
    Yoruba Woman, Nigeria
    © the copyright holder. Image credit: Oxford Brookes University

  • Yoruba Offering Bowl

  • Boy Wearing a Fez

    A Child of the Orient 1825–1875
    British School
    Oil on board
    H 25.4 x W 20 cm
    Bristol Museums, Galleries & Archives

  • Yoruba Figure

    Yoruba Figure
    unknown artist
    Wood
    H 28.5 x W 13.5 x D 10 cm
    Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum

  • Court Attendant*

  • Male Ancestral Figure*

  • Efik Carved Head

  • The Missionary Boy

    The Missionary Boy c.1805
    William Etty (1787–1849)
    Oil on millboard
    H 64.1 x W 40.4 cm
    York Museums Trust
    The Missionary Boy
    Image credit: York Museums Trust

  • Mrs Fanny Eaton (Profile Left)

    Fanny Eaton (1835–1924) (Profile Left) 1859
    Simeon Solomon (1840–1905)
    Graphite on paper
    H 14.9 x W 13.1 cm
    The Fitzwilliam Museum
    Fanny Eaton (1835–1924) (Profile Left)
    Image credit: The Fitzwilliam Museum

  • Mrs Fanny Eaton

    Fanny Eaton (1835–1924) 1859
    Simeon Solomon (1840–1905)
    Graphite on paper
    H 14.7 x W 13.4 cm
    The Fitzwilliam Museum
    Fanny Eaton (1835–1924)
    Image credit: The Fitzwilliam Museum

  • Fanny Eaton

    Fanny Eaton 1861
    Joanna Mary Wells (1831–1861)
    Oil on paper laid to linen
    H 17.1 x W 13.7 cm
    Yale Center for British Art
    Fanny Eaton
    Image credit: Yale Center for British Art

  • The Beloved ('The Bride')

    The Beloved ('The Bride') 1865–6
    Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828–1882)
    Oil on canvas
    H 82.5 x W 76.2 cm
    Tate
    The Beloved ('The Bride')
    Image credit: Tate

  • Louis Black (1820–1866)

    Louis Black
    James Irvine (1833–1889)
    Oil on canvas
    H 59 x W 41.5 cm
    ANGUSalive
    Louis Black
    Image credit: ANGUSalive

  • Miss La La at the Cirque Fernando

    Miss La La at the Cirque Fernando 1879
    Edgar Degas (1834–1917)
    Oil on canvas
    H 117.2 x W 77.5 cm
    The National Gallery, London
    Miss La La at the Cirque Fernando
    Image credit: The National Gallery, London

  • Melancholy Man

    Melancholy Negro 1936
    Glyn Warren Philpot (1884–1937)
    Oil on canvas
    H 129.5 x W 74.2 cm
    Brighton and Hove Museums and Art Galleries
    Melancholy Negro
    Image credit: Brighton and Hove Museums and Art Galleries

  • Man Thinking of Heaven

    Negro Thinking of Heaven 1937
    Glyn Warren Philpot (1884–1937)
    Oil on canvas
    H 99 x W 76 cm
    Brighton and Hove Museums and Art Galleries
    Negro Thinking of Heaven
    Image credit: Brighton and Hove Museums and Art Galleries

  • Model Standing against Blue Wall

    Model Standing against Blue Wall 1962
    Craigie Ronald John Aitchison (1926–2009)
    Oil on canvas
    H 66 x W 55.9 cm
    Tate
    Model Standing against Blue Wall
    © the artist's estate / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: Tate

  • Georgeous Macaulay in a Sou'wester

    Georgeous Macaulay in a Sou'wester 1976
    Craigie Ronald John Aitchison (1926–2009)
    Oil on canvas
    H 76.4 x W 63.3 cm
    Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales
    Georgeous Macaulay in a Sou'wester
    © the artist's estate / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales

  • The Family of Sir William Young

    The Family of Sir William Young c.1767–1769
    Johann Zoffany (1733–1810)
    Oil on canvas
    H 114.3 x W 167.8 cm
    Walker Art Gallery
    The Family of Sir William Young
    Image credit: Walker Art Gallery

  • The Death of Edward Colston

    The Death of Edward Colston c.1844
    Richard Jeffreys Lewis (1822/1823–1883)
    Oil on canvas
    H 100.6 x W 126.5 cm
    Bristol Museums, Galleries & Archives

  • Harvesting the Sugar-Cane in Minas Geraes, Brazil

    Harvesting the Sugar-Cane in Minas Geraes, Brazil c.1873
    Marianne North (1830–1890)
    Oil on board
    H 35 x W 25 cm
    Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
    Harvesting the Sugar-Cane in Minas Geraes, Brazil
    Image credit: The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

  • Reaping Sugar Canes in the West Indies

  • Getting in the Sugar Cane, River Nile

    Getting in the Sugar Cane, River Nile c.1875
    Frederick Goodall (1822–1904)
    Oil on canvas
    H 80.5 x W 126.5 cm
    Grundy Art Gallery
    Getting in the Sugar Cane, River Nile
    Image credit: Grundy Art Gallery

  • Walter Tull (1883–1918)

    Walter Tull (1883–1918) 2017
    Richard Austin (b.1959)
    Cold cast bronze
    H 189 x W 79.5 x D 68 cm
    West Northamptonshire Council
    Walter Tull (1883–1918)
    © the artist. Image credit: West Northamptonshire Council

  • Rifleman Thaman Gurung (1924–1944), VC, 1st Battalion, 5th Royal Gurkha Rifles (Frontier Force)

    Rifleman Thaman Gurung, VC, 1/5th Gurkha Rifles (Frontier Force) c.1945
    unknown artist
    Oil on canvas
    H 57 x W 43 cm
    National Army Museum
    Rifleman Thaman Gurung, VC, 1/5th Gurkha Rifles (Frontier Force)
    © the copyright holder. Image credit: National Army Museum

  • Regimental Sergeant Major Sulimani, 3rd Battalion, King’s African Rifles

    Regimental Sergeant Major Sulimani, 3rd Battalion, King’s African Rifles c.1939
    Dorothy King (active c.1939)
    Oil on board
    H 61 x W 40 cm
    National Army Museum
    Regimental Sergeant Major Sulimani, 3rd Battalion, King’s African Rifles
    © the copyright holder. Image credit: National Army Museum

  • Askari, Corporal of the 5th Kings African Rifles

    Askari, Corporal of the 5th Kings African Rifles 1963
    Gaby Remnant
    Oil on canvas
    H 70 x W 55 cm
    Cheshire Military Museum
    Askari, Corporal of the 5th Kings African Rifles
    © the copyright holder. Image credit: Cheshire Military Museum

  • Sergeant Ali Jebba, Royal West African Frontier Force

    Sergeant Ali Jebba, Royal West African Frontier Force c.1945
    unknown artist
    Oil on canvas
    H 76.5 x W 61.5 cm
    National Army Museum
    Sergeant Ali Jebba, Royal West African Frontier Force
    © the copyright holder. Image credit: National Army Museum

  • Captain Effendi Juma, 3rd Battalion, King’s African Rifles

    Captain Effendi Juma, 3rd Battalion, King’s African Rifles c.1939
    Dorothy King (active c.1939)
    Oil on board
    H 41 x W 31 cm
    National Army Museum
    Captain Effendi Juma, 3rd Battalion, King’s African Rifles
    © the copyright holder. Image credit: National Army Museum

  • Troops of the Royal West African Frontier Force in the Arakan, Burma, c.1944

    Troops of the Royal West African Frontier Force in the Arakan, Burma, c.1944 1991
    Hugh Ralph Micklem (1918–2009)
    Oil on canvas
    H 72 x W 92 cm
    National Army Museum
    Troops of the Royal West African Frontier Force in the Arakan, Burma, c.1944
    © National Army Museum. Image credit: National Army Museum

  • A Hottentot Woman with Prominent Buttocks Due to an Abnormal Accumulation of Fat

    A Hottentot Woman with Prominent Buttocks Due to an Abnormal Accumulation of Fat
    unknown artist
    Watercolour on paper (?)
    H 27.6 x W 21.5 cm
    Wellcome Collection
    A Hottentot Woman with Prominent Buttocks Due to an Abnormal Accumulation of Fat
    Image credit: Wellcome Collection

  • Kaffirs and Rebel Hottentots Attacking a Wagon Train

    Kaffirs and Rebel Hottentots Attacking a Wagon Train 1854
    Thomas Baines (1820–1875)
    Oil on canvas
    H 38 x W 61 cm
    King's Lynn Museums
    Kaffirs and Rebel Hottentots Attacking a Wagon Train
    Image credit: King's Lynn Museums

  • Portrait of an Enslaved Man

    Negro Slave
    Gwynedd May Hudson (1881–c.1935)
    Oil on canvas
    H 62 x W 51 cm
    Southend Museums Service

  • Three Young Women Chained Together at the Neck (Enslaved?) Are Being Escorted along a Road by Two Men with Guns (Slave Traders?)

    Three Young Women Chained Together at the Neck (Enslaved?) Are Being Escorted along a Road by Two Men with Guns (Slave Traders?)
    Caton Smith
    Watercolour on paper (?)
    H 30.6 x W 43 cm
    Wellcome Collection
    Three Young Women Chained Together at the Neck (Enslaved?) Are Being Escorted along a Road by Two Men with Guns (Slave Traders?)
    Image credit: Wellcome Collection

  • Elihu Yale with Members of his Family and an Enslaved Child

    Elihu Yale; William Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Devonshire; Lord James Cavendish; Mr Tunstal; and an Enslaved Servant c.1708
    unknown artist
    Oil on canvas
    H 201.3 x W 235.6 cm
    Yale Center for British Art
    Elihu Yale; William Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Devonshire; Lord James Cavendish; Mr Tunstal; and an Enslaved Servant
    Image credit: Yale Center for British Art

  • Figure of a Chained Captive, after Pietro Tacca's Enslaved Figures on the Monument to Ferdinand I de' Medici in Leghorn, Italy

  • Figure of an Enslaved African

  • Study of a Mulatto Woman

    Study of a Nude Woman 1820–1825
    French School
    Oil on canvas
    H 55.9 x W 24.5 cm
    The Fitzwilliam Museum
    Study of a Nude Woman
    Image credit: The Fitzwilliam Museum

  • A Mulatto

    A Mulatto c.1933
    Percy Shakespeare (1906–1943)
    Oil on canvas
    H 78 x W 65 cm
    Dudley Museums Service
    A Mulatto
    Image credit: Dudley Museums Service

  • The Quadroon Girl

    The Quadroon Girl
    Robert Gavin (1827–1883)
    Oil on canvas
    H 63.5 x W 76.5 cm
    Dundee Art Galleries and Museums Collection (Dundee City Council)
    The Quadroon Girl
    Image credit: Dundee Art Galleries and Museums Collection (Dundee City Council)

  • OLAUDAH EQUIANO – African, slave, author, abolitionist

  • Olaudah Equiano ('Gustavus Vassa')

    Olaudah Equiano ('Gustavus Vassa') published 1789
    Daniel Orme (c.1766–c.1832)
    Stipple engraving on paper
    H 15.6 x W 9.5 cm
    National Portrait Gallery, London
    Olaudah Equiano ('Gustavus Vassa')
    Image credit: National Portrait Gallery, London

  • OLAUDAH EQUIANO – African, slave, author, abolitionist

  • Liberty Sculpture

  • Sorting Tobacco Leaves

    Sorting Tobacco Leaves
    Clifford Hooper Rowe (1904–1989)
    Oil on board
    H 122 x W 61 cm
    People's History Museum
    Sorting Tobacco Leaves
    © the artist's estate. Image credit: People's History Museum

  • An Egyptian Baker and His Assistant at the Door of a Cake-Shop

    An Egyptian Baker and His Assistant at the Door of a Cake-Shop c.1830–1840
    Achille-Constant-Théodore-Emile Prisse d'Avennes (1807–1879) (attributed to)
    Oil on canvas
    H 21.3 x W 27.3 cm
    Paintings Collection
    An Egyptian Baker and His Assistant at the Door of a Cake-Shop
    Image credit: Victoria and Albert Museum, London

  • Child in Pushchair

    Child in Pushchair 1970
    Clifford Hooper Rowe (1904–1989)
    Oil on board
    H 64 x W 122 cm
    People's History Museum
    Child in Pushchair
    © the artist's estate. Image credit: People's History Museum

  • The Negress

  • A Star Caresses the Breast of a Negress (Painting Poem) (Une Étoile caresse le sein d'une négresse (peinture-poème))

    A Star Caresses the Breast of a Negress (Painting Poem) (Une Étoile caresse le sein d'une négresse (peinture-poème)) 1938
    Joan Miró (1893–1983)
    Oil on canvas
    H 129.5 x W 194.3 cm
    Tate
    A Star Caresses the Breast of a Negress (Painting Poem) (Une Étoile caresse le sein d'une négresse (peinture-poème))
    © Successió Miró / ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2022. Image credit: Tate

  • Negress in Blue

    Negress in Blue
    Solomon Steel
    Oil on canvas
    H 89.5 x W 60 cm
    The Hepworth Wakefield
    Negress in Blue
    © the copyright holder. Image credit: The Hepworth Wakefield

  • Portrait of a Negress

    Portrait of a Negress
    Thomas Greig (d.1973)
    Oil on board
    H 49 x W 38.5 cm
    Hartlepool Museums and Heritage Service
    Portrait of a Negress
    © the copyright holder. Image credit: Hartlepool Museums and Heritage Service

  • A Negress

    A Negress 1938
    Claude Rogers (1907–1979)
    Oil on canvas
    H 61 x W 45.5 cm
    Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums
    A Negress
    © Crispin Rogers. Image credit: Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums

  • A Negress

    A Negress
    Esther Blaikie Mackinnon (1885–1934)
    Oil on canvas
    H 51.2 x W 41 cm
    Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums
    A Negress
    Image credit: Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums

  • Sokari Douglas Camp (b.1958)

  • Is Famine Ever Permissible? Compulsory Migration Ethiopia

    Is Famine Ever Permissible? Compulsory Migration Ethiopia 1991
    Eve Goldsmith Coxeter (b.1928)
    Oil on paper
    H 101 x W 129 cm
    British Red Cross Museum and Archives
    Is Famine Ever Permissible? Compulsory Migration Ethiopia
    © the artist. Image credit: British Red Cross Museum and Archives

  • Black Singer

    Black Singer 1969
    Clifford Hooper Rowe (1904–1989)
    Oil on board
    H 97 x W 152 cm
    People's History Museum
    Black Singer
    © the artist's estate. Image credit: People's History Museum

  • The Hunted Slaves

    The Hunted Slaves 1861
    Richard Ansdell (1815–1885)
    Oil on canvas
    H 184 x W 308 cm
    Walker Art Gallery
    The Hunted Slaves
    Image credit: Walker Art Gallery

  • The Black Boy

    The Black Boy c.1844
    William Lindsay Windus (1822–1907)
    Oil on canvas
    H 76.1 x W 63.5 cm
    Walker Art Gallery
    The Black Boy
    Image credit: Walker Art Gallery

  • David II of Abyssinia (1508–1540) late 16th C–early 17th C
    Northern Italian School
    Oil (?) on walnut panel
    H 22.8 x W 16.8 cm
    Walker Art Gallery
    David II of Abyssinia (1508–1540)
    Image credit: Walker Art Gallery
  • Negro Sculptor 1913
    Alfred Aaron Wolmark (1877–1961)
    Oil on canvas
    H 91.9 x W 72 cm
    Birmingham Museums Trust
    Negro Sculptor
    © permission of Mrs Diana S. Hall. Image credit: Birmingham Museums Trust
  • Negro Lady 1978
    Mary Kempson
    Oil on hardboard
    H 54.1 x W 44 cm
    Bassetlaw District Council
    Negro Lady
    © the copyright holder. Image credit: Bassetlaw District Council

  • Jamaican Girl
    Vera Alabaster (1889–1964)
    Oil on canvas
    H 49 x W 39.3 cm
    Harbour Cottage Trust
    Jamaican Girl
    © the copyright holder. Image credit: Harbour Cottage Trust
  • Jamaican Series – Bathers 1961
    Francis Ferdinand Maurice Cook (1907–1978)
    Tempera on board
    H 24 x W 36 cm
    Sir Francis Cook Collection
    Jamaican Series – Bathers
    © the artist's estate. Image credit: Sir Francis Cook Collection
  • Jamaican Landscape 1952
    John Minton (1917–1957)
    Oil on canvas
    H 82 x W 102 cm
    St Anne's College, University of Oxford
    Jamaican Landscape
    © Royal College of Art / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: St Anne's College, University of Oxford
  • The Jamaican Doll 1962
    Michael Lester Leszczynski (1906–1972)
    Oil on board
    H 65 x W 55 cm
    National Trust, The Argory
    The Jamaican Doll
    © the artist's estate. Image credit: National Trust Images
  • Baron Nagell’s Running Footman c.1795
    Ozias Humphry (1742–1810)
    Pastel on paper
    H 72.5 x W 61 cm
    Tate
    Baron Nagell’s Running Footman
    Image credit: Tate
  • Bill Morris 2005
    John Keane (b.1954)
    Oil on inkjet printed cotton mounted on canvas
    H 115 x W 96.3 cm
    National Portrait Gallery, London
    Bill Morris
    © National Portrait Gallery, London. Image credit: National Portrait Gallery, London
  • In the House of My Father 1996–1997
    Donald G. Rodney (1961–1998)
    Chromogenic print on aluminium
    H 122 x W 153 cm
    Tate
    In the House of My Father
    © the estate of Donald G. Rodney. Image credit: Tate

  • Guadaloupe Head 1928
    Dora Gordine (1895–1991)
    Bronze on fabric & wooden base
    H 36 x W 23 x D 23 cm
    Tate
    Guadaloupe Head
    © Dorich House Museum, Kingston University. Image credit: Tate
  • South Africa 2003
    Hannah Satchel (b.1980)
    Oil on canvas
    H 134 x W 270 cm
    University of Surrey
    South Africa
    © the copyright holder. Image credit: University of Surrey
  • Untitled 1996
    Chris Ofili (b.1968)
    Mixed media on canvas
    H 7 x W 9 cm
    British Council Collection
    Untitled
    © Chris Ofili. Image credit: British Council Collection
  • No Woman, No Cry 1998
    Chris Ofili (b.1968)
    Oil paint, acrylic paint, graphite, polyester resin, printed paper, glitter, map pins and elephant dung on canvas
    H 243.8 x W 182.8 cm
    Tate
    No Woman, No Cry
    © Chris Ofili. Image credit: Tate
  • Double Captain Shit and the Legend of the Black Stars 1997
    Chris Ofili (b.1968)
    Oil paint, acrylic paint, printed paper, glitter, map pins, polyester resin and elephant dung on canvas
    H 244 x W 183 cm
    Tate
    Double Captain Shit and the Legend of the Black Stars
    © Chris Ofili. Image credit: Tate
  • Union Black 2003
    Chris Ofili (b.1968)
    Polyester
    H 144.5 x W 259 cm
    Tate
    Union Black
    © Chris Ofili. Image credit: Tate
  • Chris Ofili 1991
    Chris Ofili (b.1968)
    Oil on canvas
    H 101.9 x W 44.2 cm
    National Portrait Gallery, London
    Chris Ofili
    © Chris Ofili. Image credit: National Portrait Gallery, London
  • Popcorn Shells 1995
    Chris Ofili (b.1968)
    Paper collage, oil, polyester resin, map-pins & elephant dung on linen & two elephant dung props
    H 182.9 x W 121.9 cm
    Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre
    Popcorn Shells
    © Chris Ofili. Image credit: Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre
  • Wanabe 1992
    Chris Ofili (b.1968)
    Oil & alkyd on canvas
    H 182.8 x W 152 cm
    Royal College of Art
    Wanabe
    © Royal College of Art. Image credit: Royal College of Art
  • Cleopatra 1992
    Chris Ofili (b.1968)
    Oil on canvas
    H 70 x W 45 cm
    Royal College of Art
    Cleopatra
    © Royal College of Art. Image credit: Royal College of Art
  • Public Enemy 1992
    Chris Ofili (b.1968)
    Oil on canvas
    H 183.2 x W 244 cm
    Royal College of Art
    Public Enemy
    © Royal College of Art. Image credit: Royal College of Art
  • Untitled 1992
    Chris Ofili (b.1968)
    Oil on canvas
    H 198 x W 199 cm
    Royal College of Art
    Untitled
    © Royal College of Art. Image credit: Royal College of Art
  • Untitled 1992
    Chris Ofili (b.1968)
    Acrylic on canvas
    H 74.6 x W 59.7 cm
    Royal College of Art
    Untitled
    © Royal College of Art. Image credit: Royal College of Art
  • Nigerian King and Soldiers 2001
    unknown artist
    Papier-mâché, plastic & wood
    Hackney Museum
  • Ashanti Head of a Woman
    unknown artist
    Stone
    H 11.5 x W 9.5 x D 6.5 cm
    Watford Museum
    Ashanti Head of a Woman
    © the copyright holder. Image credit: Watford Museum





  • Female Figure
    unknown artist
    Wood
    H 43 x W 14 x D 11 cm
    Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum




  • Standing Female Figure* 1972
    unknown artist
    Wood
    Hackney Museum
    Standing Female Figure*
    © the copyright holder. Image credit: Hackney Museum






  • School Report
    Tam Joseph (b.1947)
    Acrylic on canvas
    H 75.9 x W 142 cm
    Museums Sheffield
  • Native Woman with Fetish 1986
    Tam Joseph (b.1947)
    Acrylic on canvas
    H 124.5 x W 164 cm
    Bradford Museums and Galleries
  • Learning to Walk 1988
    Tam Joseph (b.1947)
    Sand, acrylic & pigment on canvas
    H 201 x W 386 cm
    Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre
    Learning to Walk
    © the artist. Image credit: Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre
  • Freedom and Change 1984
    Lubaina Himid (b.1954)
    Wood, textiles, cardboard, paint, graphite, coloured pencil, chalk & ink
    H 309.6 x W 590 x D 6 cm
    Tate
    Freedom and Change
    © the artist. Image credit: Tate
  • Ankledeep 1991
    Lubaina Himid (b.1954)
    Acrylic on canvas
    H 152.4 x W 121.9 cm
    Tate
    Ankledeep
    © the artist. Image credit: Tate
  • My Parents, Their Children 1986
    Lubaina Himid (b.1954)
    Acrylic & mixed media on canvas
    H 151 x W 184 cm
    Birmingham Museums Trust
  • Five 1971
    Lubaina Himid (b.1954)
    Oil on canvas
    H 121.8 x W 152.3 cm
    Leeds Museums and Galleries
    Five
    © the artist. Image credit: Leeds Museums and Galleries
  • The Tailor 2010
    Lubaina Himid (b.1954)
    Acrylic on paper
    H 183 x W 102 cm
    Manchester Art Gallery
    The Tailor
    © the artist. Image credit: Manchester Art Gallery

  • Drowned Orchard: Secret Boatyard 2014
    Lubaina Himid (b.1954)
    Acrylic paint on wood
    H 300 x W 450 x D 100 cm
    Tate
    Drowned Orchard: Secret Boatyard
    © the artist. Image credit: Tate

  • Le Rodeur: The Pulley 2017
    Lubaina Himid (b.1954)
    Acrylic on canvas
    H 183 x W 244 cm
    Government Art Collection
    Le Rodeur: The Pulley
    © the artist. Image credit: Government Art Collection
  • Hannibal's Sister 1989
    Lubaina Himid (b.1954)
    Acrylic on canvas
    H 183 x W 183 cm
    Harris Museum, Art Gallery & Library

  • An Altarpiece for the Altar of a Queen Mother 18th C–19th C
    unknown artist
    Brass
    H 21.3 x W 26.7 cm
    The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
  • Head of a Girl 1971
    Craigie Ronald John Aitchison (1926–2009)
    Oil on canvas
    H 76.5 x W 64 cm
    Rugby Art Gallery and Museum Art Collections
    Head of a Girl
    © the artist's estate / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: Rugby Art Gallery and Museum Art Collections
  • African Scene* 1968
    Sinclair
    Oil on canvas
    H 63 x W 90 cm
    Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge
    African Scene*
    © the copyright holder. Image credit: Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge
  • Man Drinking Coffee 2019
    Joy Labinjo (b.1994)
    Oil & spray on canvas
    H 140 x W 160 cm
    Government Art Collection
    Man Drinking Coffee
    © the copyright holder. Image credit: Government Art Collection
  • Alton Peters 1983
    Craigie Ronald John Aitchison (1926–2009)
    Oil on canvas
    H 76 x W 63 cm
    Government Art Collection
    Alton Peters
    © the artist's estate / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: Government Art Collection
  • The Couple
    Lizzie Jones (b.1972)
    Acrylic & wax on canvas
    H 107.3 x W 112.8 cm
    Southampton City Art Gallery
    The Couple
    © the artist. Image credit: Southampton City Art Gallery

  • Half-Length Portrait of a Black Man
    William Charles Penn (1877–1968)
    Oil on board
    H 91.4 x W 71.1 cm
    Williamson Art Gallery & Museum
    Half-Length Portrait of a Black Man
    © the artist's estate. Image credit: Williamson Art Gallery & Museum
  • A Young Black (?Francis Barber)
    Joshua Reynolds (1723–1792) (manner of)
    Oil on canvas
    H 75.6 x W 87.9 cm
    Tate
    A Young Black (?Francis Barber)
    Image credit: Tate
  • A Young Black Man (?Francis Barber)
    Joshua Reynolds (1723–1792) (manner of)
    Oil on canvas
    H 45.1 x W 36.2 cm
    Tate
    A Young Black Man (?Francis Barber)
    Image credit: Tate
  • Head of a black Man
    Anthony van Dyck (1599–1641) (after)
    Oil on canvas
    H 47 x W 37 cm
    The Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology
    Head of a black Man
    Image credit: The Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology
  • Head of a Black Man 1929
    William Charles Penn (1877–1968)
    Oil on canvas
    H 68.5 x W 55.8 cm
    Williamson Art Gallery & Museum
    Head of a Black Man
    © the artist's estate. Image credit: Williamson Art Gallery & Museum
  • Portrait Study, Head of a Black Man
    William Charles Penn (1877–1968)
    Oil on board
    H 60.9 x W 50.8 cm
    Williamson Art Gallery & Museum
    Portrait Study, Head of a Black Man
    © the artist's estate. Image credit: Williamson Art Gallery & Museum
  • A Bald Man Wearing a Red Loin Cloth Holding a Club and a Black Cloth 19th C (?)
    unknown artist
    Gouache on mica
    H 12.6 x W 9.7 cm
    Wellcome Collection
    A Bald Man Wearing a Red Loin Cloth Holding a Club and a Black Cloth
    Image credit: Wellcome Collection
  • A Man Wearing a Loin Cloth and a Black Shawl Holding Musical Instruments in Both Hands 19th C (?)
    unknown artist
    Gouache on mica
    H 12.5 x W 9.6 cm
    Wellcome Collection
    A Man Wearing a Loin Cloth and a Black Shawl Holding Musical Instruments in Both Hands
    Image credit: Wellcome Collection
  • A Bald Man Wearing a Loin Cloth Holding a Wooden Club and a Black Piece of Cloth 19th C (?)
    unknown artist
    Gouache on mica
    H 14 x W 10.7 cm
    Wellcome Collection
    A Bald Man Wearing a Loin Cloth Holding a Wooden Club and a Black Piece of Cloth
    Image credit: Wellcome Collection
  • A Man Wearing a Green Cap with a Black Shawl Draped over His Shoulder Holding Two Sticks (?) 19th C (?)
    unknown artist
    Gouache on mica
    H 12.7 x W 9.6 cm
    Wellcome Collection
    A Man Wearing a Green Cap with a Black Shawl Draped over His Shoulder Holding Two Sticks (?)
    Image credit: Wellcome Collection
  • Go West Young Man 1987
    Keith Piper (b.1960)
    14 photographs, gelatin silver print on paper mounted onto board
    H 84 x W 56 cm
    Tate
    Go West Young Man
    © the artist. Image credit: Tate
  • Black Girls Walking in a Sunny Shower, Washington 1980
    David Alan Redpath Michie (1928–2015)
    Oil on canvas
    H 91.4 x W 91.4 cm
    Perth & Kinross Council
    Black Girls Walking in a Sunny Shower, Washington
    © the artist's estate / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: Perth & Kinross Council
  • Portrait of an Unknown Man
    James Northcote (1746–1831) (attributed to)
    Oil on canvas
    H 90 x W 77 cm
    Dr Johnson's House
    Portrait of an Unknown Man
    Image credit: Dr Johnson's House
  • Figure of a Māori Man 19th C
    unknown artist
    Kauri gum
    H 9.3 x W 6 x D 6.7 cm
    Hartlepool Museums and Heritage Service
  • A Black Man with a Red Head and Right Arm Emerges from a Foul Stream into a Landscape Where a Winged Woman Is Waiting for Him with a Red Garment; Representing the Transformations of the Alchemical Work from Corruption to Perfection
    Image credit: Wellcome Collection
  • A Man and Two Women from Palau 1791
    Spoilum (active 1770–1810)
    Oil on canvas
    British Museum
    A Man and Two Women from Palau
    Image credit: The Trustees of the British Museum
  • Cricket Man
    John Heritage (1931–1994)
    Oil on board
    H 151 x W 213 cm
    Williamson Art Gallery & Museum
    Cricket Man
    © the copyright holder. Image credit: Williamson Art Gallery & Museum
  • A Black Landsknecht and Bystanders c.1510–1520
    German School
    Oil on panel
    H 92 x W 52 cm
    National Trust, Waddesdon Manor
    A Black Landsknecht and Bystanders
    Image credit: National Trust Images
  • Man on a Couch 1976
    Colin Hall (b.1952)
    Ink & emulsion on etching plate on board
    H 29.3 x W 42.2 cm
    Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre
    Man on a Couch
    © the artist. Image credit: Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre
  • UGO 1954
    Bryan Kneale (b.1930)
    Oil on canvas
    H 74 x W 54 cm
    Manx National Heritage
    UGO
    © the artist. Image credit: Manx National Heritage
  • The Oil Stove 1950s
    Elisabeth Blackstone Smith (b.1937)
    Oil on paper
    H 137.2 x W 76.2 cm
    Hastings Museum and Art Gallery
    The Oil Stove
    © the artist. Image credit: Hastings Museum and Art Gallery
  • A Barotse Woman 1928
    Neville Lewis (1895–1972)
    Oil on panel
    H 40.8 x W 30.4 cm
    Manchester Art Gallery
    A Barotse Woman
    © the copyright holder. Image credit: Manchester Art Gallery

  • Chris Ofili (b.1968) 1989
    Susan Thomas
    Acrylic on canvas
    H 76 x W 58 cm
    Leicester Arts and Museums Service
    Chris Ofili (b.1968)
    © the copyright holder. Image credit: Leicester Arts and Museums Service
  • Music of the Steppes 2000
    Bazarbay Serekeev (b.1942)
    Pigment on canvas laid on hardboard with metal
    H 47.5 x W 58.3 cm
    Horniman Museum and Gardens
    Music of the Steppes
    © the copyright holder. Image credit: Horniman Museum and Gardens

  • Ngairo Rakai Hikuroa 1878
    Gottfried Lindauer (1839–1926)
    Oil on canvas
    H 96 x W 79.5 cm
    The Pitt Rivers Museum
    Ngairo Rakai Hikuroa
    Image credit: The Pitt Rivers Museum


  • Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl of Harrington, and a Servant 1782
    Joshua Reynolds (1723–1792)
    Oil on canvas
    H 236.2 x W 142.2 cm
    Yale Center for British Art
    Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl of Harrington, and a Servant
    Image credit: Yale Center for British Art
  • The Moorish Maiden's First Love c.1879
    Robert Gavin (1827–1883)
    Oil on canvas
    H 92.3 x W 65.2 cm
    Royal Scottish Academy of Art & Architecture
  • Miss Victoria 1983
    Elaine Steele (active 1983–1984)
    Oil & watercolour on paper
    H 83.5 x W 63 cm
    Leicestershire County Council Artworks Collection
    Miss Victoria
    © the copyright holder. Image credit: Leicestershire County Council Artworks Collection
  • Henry Thomas 1934–1935
    Glyn Warren Philpot (1884–1937)
    Oil on canvas
    H 52.5 x W 36.4 cm
    Pallant House Gallery
    Henry Thomas
    Image credit: Pallant House Gallery, Chichester
  • The Young Catechist 1827
    Henry Hoppner Meyer (1782–1847)
    Oil on canvas
    H 91.5 x W 71 cm
    Bristol Museums, Galleries & Archives
  • Variation on ‘Othello’ c.1933–1934
    Walter Richard Sickert (1860–1942)
    Oil on canvas
    H 110 x W 73 cm
    Bristol Museums, Galleries & Archives
  • Untitled 1986 1986
    Keith Piper (b.1960)
    Emulsion on canvas
    H 218.4 x W 213.4 cm
    Manchester Art Gallery
    Untitled 1986
    © the artist. Image credit: Manchester Art Gallery
  • Pink Umbrella 2016
    Robert Pugh
    Multi-plate colour etching on paper
    H 31 x W 25 cm
    Scarborough Museums Trust
  • Boy Reading
    A. Orisadipe
    Silk cotton tree wood
    H 8.7 x W 3.4 x D 3.4 cm
    Stromness Museum
    Boy Reading
    © the copyright holder. Image credit: Stromness Museum
  • Boys Eating
    A. Orisadipe
    Silk cotton tree wood
    H 6.8 x W 3.4 x D 3.8 cm
    Stromness Museum
    Boys Eating
    © the copyright holder. Image credit: Stromness Museum
  • Woman with Child on Back 1986
    Sokari Douglas Camp (b.1958)
    Steel & paint
    H 175 x W 72 x D 55 cm
    Leicester Arts and Museums Service
    Woman with Child on Back
    © Sokari Douglas Camp. All rights reserved, DACS 2020. Image credit: Leicester Arts and Museums Service
  • Fulani Girl
    Benedict Chukwukadibia Enwonwu (1917–1994)
    Ebony
    H 33 x W 15 cm
    Government Art Collection
    Fulani Girl
    © by kind permission of the Ben Enwonwu Foundation. Image credit: Government Art Collection
  • Monotony 1948
    Benedict Chukwukadibia Enwonwu (1917–1994)
    Oil on canvas
    H 91 x W 71 cm
    University of Chichester, Otter Gallery
    Monotony
    © by kind permission of the Ben Enwonwu Foundation. Image credit: University of Chichester, Otter Gallery
  • Head of a Negress in a Simulated Opening 1667
    Gabriel Metsu (1629–1667) (attributed to)
    Oil on panel
    H 23 x W 18 cm
    National Trust, Polesden Lacey
    Head of a Negress in a Simulated Opening
    Image credit: National Trust Images
  • The Mother of Sisera 1861
    Albert Joseph Moore (1841–1893)
    Oil on canvas
    H 29.4 x W 22.5 cm
    Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery
  • The Laughing Christ 1991
    Eugene Palmer (b.1955)
    Oil on canvas
    H 137.1 x W 221.3 cm
    Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre
    The Laughing Christ
    © the artist. Image credit: Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre
  • Salon 1971
    Richard Parsons (1925–2000)
    Oil on board
    H 83 x W 60 cm
    Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum
    Salon
    © the artist's estate. Image credit: Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum
  • Dancing Scene in the West Indies 1764–1796
    Agostino Brunias (c.1730–1796)
    Oil on canvas
    H 50.8 x W 66 cm
    Tate
    Dancing Scene in the West Indies
    Image credit: Tate
  • A Black Woman 19th C
    French School
    Oil on canvas
    H 81.3 x W 66.7 cm
    The National Gallery, London
    A Black Woman
    Image credit: The National Gallery, London
  • Untitled 1987
    Claudette Johnson (b.1959)
    Pastel & gouache on paper
    H 151.4 x W 121.5 cm
    Tate
    Untitled
    © the artist. Image credit: Tate
  • Negress in a White and Blue Dress
    Solomon Steel
    Oil on board
    H 60.3 x W 60.3 cm
    The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery, University of Leeds
    Negress in a White and Blue Dress
    © the copyright holder. Image credit: The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery, University of Leeds
  • De español y negra se produce un mulato
    Mexican School
    Oil on canvas
    H 104 x W 145 cm
    Leicester Arts and Museums Service
    De español y negra se produce un mulato
    Image credit: Leicester Arts and Museums Service
  • Pondo Girl
    Neville Lewis (1895–1972)
    Oil on canvas
    H 60.9 x W 50.8 cm
    Williamson Art Gallery & Museum
  • The Wedding c.1850
    American School
    Oil on canvas
    H 29 x W 44 cm
    National Maritime Museum
    The Wedding
    Image credit: National Maritime Museum
  • Allegory III 1987
    Amal Ghosh (b.1933)
    Acrylic on canvas
    H 127 x W 153 cm
    Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre
    Allegory III
    © the artist. Image credit: Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre

  • Selika 1877–1879
    Luigi Pagani (1837–1904)
    Bronze & marble
    H 86.5 x W 50 x D 28 cm
    Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum
  • Ann Zingha 1830s
    Achille Devéria (1800–1857)
    Hand-coloured lithograph on paper
    H 48.8 x W 35.8 cm
    National Portrait Gallery, London
    Ann Zingha
    Image credit: National Portrait Gallery, London
  • Portrait of a Woman
    Phyllis Purser (1893–1990)
    Oil on canvas
    H 61 x W 50.7 cm
    Williamson Art Gallery & Museum
    Portrait of a Woman
    © the copyright holder. Image credit: Williamson Art Gallery & Museum

  • Figure of a Māori Woman 19th C
    unknown artist
    Kauri gum
    H 8.6 x W 5.8 x D 6.7 cm
    Hartlepool Museums and Heritage Service
  • Dido Elizabeth Belle (1761–1804) 2021
    Mikéla Henry-Lowe (b.1993)
    Oil on canvas
    H 122 x W 91.2 cm
    English Heritage, Kenwood
    Dido Elizabeth Belle (1761–1804)
    © the artist. Image credit: Historic England Archive

  • Study of Dancing Children 1966
    Bill Cook
    Oil on canvas
    H 76 x W 61 cm
    University of Sussex
    Study of Dancing Children
    © the copyright holder. Image credit: University of Sussex
  • Portrait of a Young Black Girl
    Arthur Bell (1897–1995)
    Oil on board
    H 39.6 x W 32 cm
    Poole Museum Service
    Portrait of a Young Black Girl
    © the artist's estate. Image credit: Poole Museum Service
  • Dark Girl 1935
    James Proudfoot (1908–1971)
    Oil on canvas
    H 50 x W 40 cm
    The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery
    Dark Girl
    © the copyright holder. Image credit: The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery
  • Portrait of a Negress
    William Patrick Roberts (1895–1980)
    Oil on canvas
    H 59 x W 48.5 cm
    The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery
    Portrait of a Negress
    © estate of John David Roberts. By courtesy of The William Roberts Society. Image credit: The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery
  • Tituba Being Borne Out of the Flames 1994–1996
    Tova McKenzie-Bassant (b.1961)
    Oil on canvas
    H 63.5 x W 60 cm
    Lewisham College
    Tituba Being Borne Out of the Flames
    © the artist. Image credit: Lewisham College
  • Missionary Position II 1985
    Sonia Boyce (b.1962)
    Watercolour, pastel and crayon on paper
    H 123.8 x W 183 cm
    Tate
    Missionary Position II
    © Sonia Boyce. All rights reserved, DACS 2022. Image credit: Tate
  • [African woman] 1980 - 1990
    Li Koyongonoh
    Oil on board?
    H 54 x W 45 cm
    University of St Andrews
    [African woman]
    © the copyright holder. Image credit: University of St Andrews
  • Wanting to Say I
    Eugene Palmer (b.1955)
    Oil on canvas over board
    H 84 x W 82 cm
    The New Art Gallery Walsall
    Wanting to Say I
    © the artist. Image credit: The New Art Gallery Walsall
  • Negress
    Frederick James Porter (1883–1944)
    Oil on canvas
    H 73 x W 53 cm
    Heritage Doncaster
  • Portrait of a Young Ethiopian Woman before 2003
    unknown artist
    Paint on canvas
    H 68.5 x W 50 cm
    Horniman Museum and Gardens
    Portrait of a Young Ethiopian Woman
    Image credit: Horniman Museum and Gardens
  • Pondo Woman
    Neville Lewis (1895–1972)
    Oil on canvas
    H 61 x W 51 cm
    Atkinson Art Gallery Collection
  • African Journey by Night 1949
    Helen D. Kiddall (1888–1980)
    Oil on wood
    H 65.5 x W 49.5 cm
    Bradford Museums and Galleries
    African Journey by Night
    © the copyright holder. Image credit: Bradford Museums and Galleries
  • Primavera in Africa 1946
    Helen D. Kiddall (1888–1980)
    Oil on board
    H 31 x W 24.5 cm
    Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum
  • New World c.1950–c.1960
    Helen D. Kiddall (1888–1980)
    Oil on board
    H 34 x W 24 cm
    Colchester and Ipswich Museums Service: Ipswich Borough Council Collection
    New World
    © the copyright holder. Image credit: Colchester and Ipswich Museums Service: Ipswich Borough Council Collection
  • African Mother c.1950–c.1960
    Helen D. Kiddall (1888–1980)
    Oil on board
    H 32 x W 25 cm
    Colchester and Ipswich Museums Service: Ipswich Borough Council Collection
    African Mother
    © the copyright holder. Image credit: Colchester and Ipswich Museums Service: Ipswich Borough Council Collection
  • Mammy Liza
    Winifred Hope Thomson (1864–1944)
    Oil on canvas
    H 37 x W 28 cm
    National Trust, Dorneywood
    Mammy Liza
    Image credit: National Trust Images
  • A Dancing Couple from the Pujari Caste c.1840
    unknown artist
    Gouache & gold on paper (?)
    H 38.3 x W 28.6 cm
    Wellcome Collection
    A Dancing Couple from the Pujari Caste
    Image credit: Wellcome Collection
  • Judi 1974–1975
    Craigie Ronald John Aitchison (1926–2009)
    Oil on canvas
    H 76 x W 68 cm
    Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums
    Judi
    © the artist's estate / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums
  • Nina with Flowers 1957
    Jack Hughes
    Oil on canvas
    H 104 x W 84 cm
    Leicestershire County Council Artworks Collection
    Nina with Flowers
    © the copyright holder. Image credit: Leicestershire County Council Artworks Collection
  • Face 1958
    James Lawrence Isherwood (1917–1989)
    Oil on canvas
    H 90 x W 89 cm
    Warrington Museum & Art Gallery
    Face
    © the copyright holder. Image credit: Warrington Museum & Art Gallery
  • Nurse Brown
    Irene Welburn (active 1936–1955)
    Oil on canvas
    H 66 x W 56 cm
    Wolverhampton Arts and Heritage
    Nurse Brown
    © the copyright holder. Image credit: Wolverhampton Arts and Heritage
  • The Slave c.1886
    William Blake Richmond (1842–1921)
    Oil on canvas
    H 91.4 x W 52.7 cm
    Tate
    The Slave
    Image credit: Tate
  • Sibyl lybica
    George Jamesone (1589/1590–1644)
    Oil on canvas
    H 75 x W 60 cm
    University of Aberdeen
    Sibyl lybica
    Image credit: University of Aberdeen
  • Brown Study 1949
    Arnold Mason (1885–1963)
    Oil on canvas
    H 61.5 x W 51.3 cm
    Royal Academy of Arts
    Brown Study
    © the artist's estate. Image credit: Royal Academy of Arts
  • African Woman with Child
    unknown artist
    Oil, sand & glitter on board
    H 39.5 x W 26.5 cm
    Goodenough College
    African Woman with Child
    © the copyright holder. Image credit: Goodenough College
  • A Young Archer c.1639–c.1640
    Govaert Flinck (1615–1660)
    Oil on oak panel
    H 66.2 x W 50.8 cm
    The Wallace Collection
    A Young Archer
    Image credit: The Wallace Collection
  • Two Negroes
    Colin Jones (1928–1967)
    Oil on canvas
    H 26.6 x W 36.7 cm
    Newport Museum and Art Gallery
  • Jamaican Subject
    John Minton (1917–1957)
    Oil on canvas
    H 71.3 x W 56.3 cm
    Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums
    Jamaican Subject
    © Royal College of Art / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums
  • Mirror Image I
    Ade Suberu (b.1968)
    Mixed media on board
    H 153 x W 107 cm
    Wolverhampton Arts and Heritage
    Mirror Image I
    © the copyright holder. Image credit: Wolverhampton Arts and Heritage
  • Portrait of an Unknown Black Man 1886
    Arturo Ferrari (1861–1932)
    Oil on canvas
    H 35.2 x W 28.5 cm
    Guernsey Museums and Galleries
    Portrait of an Unknown Black Man
    Image credit: Guernsey Museums and Galleries
  • Nak Bejjen 2017
    Khadija Saye (1992–2017)
    Tintype on metal
    H 24.3 x W 19.4 cm
    Tate
    Nak Bejjen
    © the copyright holder. Image credit: Tate
  • Imogen
    Frank Graham Bell (1910–1943)
    Oil on canvas
    H 45.7 x W 35.6 cm
    Derby Museums Trust
    Imogen
    Image credit: Derby Museums Trust
  • Figure in raw umber 2018
    Claudette Johnson (b.1959)
    Pastel on paper
    H 153.5 x W 122 cm
    Tate
    Figure in raw umber
    © the artist. Image credit: Tate

  • Standing Figure with African Masks 2018
    Claudette Johnson (b.1959)
    Pastel and gouache on paper
    H 151.5 x W 122 cm
    Tate
    Standing Figure with African Masks
    © the artist. Image credit: Tate
  • Seated Figure 1 2017
    Claudette Johnson (b.1959)
    Pastel & gouache on paper
    H 153.5 x W 113 cm
    Tate
    Seated Figure 1
    © the artist. Image credit: Tate

  • The Attendant on the Bath 1854
    John Frederick Lewis (1804–1876)
    Oil on panel
    H 30 x W 24.7 cm
    Harris Museum, Art Gallery & Library







  • Male Fetish Figure 1870
    unknown artist
    Wood, copper alloy, glass, resin, human tooth & string
    H 64 x W 12.5 x D 14 cm
    Horniman Museum and Gardens
    Male Fetish Figure
    Image credit: Horniman Museum and Gardens

  • Female Fetish Figure 1870
    unknown artist
    Wood, copper alloy, bead, glass, resin, human tooth & string
    H 68.5 x W 15 x D 14 cm
    Horniman Museum and Gardens
    Female Fetish Figure
    Image credit: Horniman Museum and Gardens
  • Marriage A-la-Mode: 4, The Toilette about 1743
    William Hogarth (1697–1764)
    Oil on canvas
    H 70.5 x W 90.8 cm
    The National Gallery, London
    Marriage A-la-Mode: 4, The Toilette
    Image credit: The National Gallery, London
  • A Girl from Afar
    John Currie (1883–1914)
    Oil on panel
    H 44 x W 33 cm
    The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery
    A Girl from Afar
    Image credit: The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery
  • First Portrait of Roma of Barbados 1932
    Jacob Epstein (1880–1959)
    Bronze
    H 35.5 cm
    The Fitzwilliam Museum
    First Portrait of Roma of Barbados
    © The estate of Sir Jacob Epstein / Tate Images. Image credit: The Fitzwilliam Museum
  • A Young Woman probably 2nd C–3rd C
    Greco-Roman School
    Probably encaustic on wood
    H 42 x W 22 cm
    The National Gallery, London
    A Young Woman
    Image credit: The National Gallery, London
  • Ryan Giggs (b.1973) 2007
    Peter Douglas Edwards (b.1955)
    Oil on canvas
    H 92.4 x W 69.1 cm
    Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru / The National Library of Wales
  • Female Figure
    unknown artist
    Wood
    H 27.8 x W 9 x D 6.2 cm
    Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum
  • Othello, the Moor of Venice 1826
    James Northcote (1746–1831)
    Oil on canvas
    H 76.2 x W 63.5 cm
    Manchester Art Gallery
    Othello, the Moor of Venice
    Image credit: Manchester Art Gallery
  • African Statuette
    unknown artist
    Wood
    H 15.5 x W 5.7 x D 6.8 cm
    Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum
  • Northwest Coast Carving 19th C
    unknown artist
    Wood, shell, skin & paint
    H 109.3 cm
    American Museum & Gardens
  • Ira Aldridge (1807–1867), as Othello in 'Othello' by William Shakespeare c.1848
    British School
    Oil on canvas
    H 42.8 x W 34.4 cm
    Theatre Collection
    Ira Aldridge (1807–1867), as Othello in 'Othello' by William Shakespeare
    Image credit: Victoria and Albert Museum, London
  • Ira Aldridge (1807–1867), as Mungo in 'The Padlock' by Isaac Bickerstaffe c.1833
    Thomas Charles Wageman (1787–1863)
    Oil on canvas
    H 44.5 x W 34.5 cm
    Theatre Collection
    Ira Aldridge (1807–1867), as Mungo in 'The Padlock' by Isaac Bickerstaffe
    Image credit: Victoria and Albert Museum, London
  • Othello's Despair c.1851
    Alexander Christie (1807–1860)
    Oil on canvas
    H 94 x W 71 cm
    The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery, University of Leeds
    Othello's Despair
    Image credit: The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery, University of Leeds
  • Othello 1880–1881
    Edouard Frederic Wilhelm Richter (1844–1913)
    Oil on canvas
    H 72 x W 87 cm
    Kirklees Museums and Galleries
    Othello
    Image credit: Kirklees Museums and Galleries
  • King Sunny Ade 20th C
    unknown artist
    Pigment on paper laid on wood
    H 58.5 x W 46 cm
    Horniman Museum and Gardens
    King Sunny Ade
    © the copyright holder. Image credit: Horniman Museum and Gardens
  • Dr Barry
    T. Arts (Dr) (active 20th C)
    Paint on canvas & wood
    H 45.2 x W 35.5 cm
    Horniman Museum and Gardens
    Dr Barry
    © the copyright holder. Image credit: Horniman Museum and Gardens
  • King Sunny Ade
    T. Arts (Dr) (active 20th C)
    Paint on canvas & wood
    H 56.8 x W 43.8 cm
    Horniman Museum and Gardens
    King Sunny Ade
    © the copyright holder. Image credit: Horniman Museum and Gardens


  • Crowd of Figures in a Landscape
    unknown artist
    Pigment on parchment
    H 14.9 x W 20.4 cm
    Horniman Museum and Gardens
    Crowd of Figures in a Landscape
    Image credit: Horniman Museum and Gardens
  • Fiyi Garbage
    T. Arts (Dr) (active 20th C)
    Pigment on paper
    H 58 x W 53 cm
    Horniman Museum and Gardens
    Fiyi Garbage
    © the copyright holder. Image credit: Horniman Museum and Gardens
  • Michael Jackson
    Alaba Arts (active 20th C)
    Paint on hardboard
    H 31.4 x W 22 cm
    Horniman Museum and Gardens
    Michael Jackson
    © the copyright holder. Image credit: Horniman Museum and Gardens












  • Woman with Leopard* 20th C
    Christine Kowal Post (b.1951)
    Wood & paint
    H 21 x W 21.2 x D 7 cm
    Woman with Leopard*
    © the artist

  • Date Palm and Negro Hut near Craigton, Jamaica c.1872
    Marianne North (1830–1890)
    Oil on board
    H 25 x W 17 cm
    Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
    Date Palm and Negro Hut near Craigton, Jamaica
    Image credit: The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • Boundary II 2000
    Barbara Walker (b.1964)
    Oil on canvas
    H 121 x W 182 cm
    Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre
    Boundary II
    © the artist. Image credit: Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre, London
  • Piper, 42nd Deoli Regiment, c.1914 c.1914
    unknown artist
    Oil on canvas
    H 86.5 x W 43.5 cm
    National Army Museum
    Piper, 42nd Deoli Regiment, c.1914
    Image credit: National Army Museum
  • Naik Yeshwant Ghadge (1921–1944), VC, 3rd Battalion 5th Mahratta Light Infantry, c.1944 c.1945
    Marie Temple
    Oil on canvas
    H 72.4 x W 55.8 cm
    National Army Museum
    Naik Yeshwant Ghadge (1921–1944), VC, 3rd Battalion 5th Mahratta Light Infantry, c.1944
    © the copyright holder. Image credit: National Army Museum
  • Sepoy (later Subadar) Namdeo Jadhav (c.1922–1984), VC, 1st Battalion 5th Mahratta Light Infantry c.1945
    Marie Temple
    Oil on canvas
    H 71.2 x W 55.9 cm
    National Army Museum
    Sepoy (later Subadar) Namdeo Jadhav (c.1922–1984), VC, 1st Battalion 5th Mahratta Light Infantry
    © the copyright holder. Image credit: National Army Museum
  • Jemadar Abdul Hafiz (1925–1944), VC, 9th Jat Regiment, 1944 1965
    Lesley Franklyn (b.1900)
    Oil on canvas
    H 51 x W 41 cm
    National Army Museum
    Jemadar Abdul Hafiz (1925–1944), VC, 9th Jat Regiment, 1944
    © the copyright holder. Image credit: National Army Museum
  • Sepoy Kamal Ram (1924–1982), VC, 8th Punjab Regiment 1944
    Henry Marvell Carr (1894–1970)
    Oil on canvas
    H 90.1 x W 74.9 cm
    IWM (Imperial War Museums)
    Sepoy Kamal Ram (1924–1982), VC, 8th Punjab Regiment
    Image credit: IWM (Imperial War Museums)
  • Ira Frederick Aldridge as Aaron in 'Titus Andronicus' published c.1850
    William Paine (active 1849–1858) (after)
    Stipple & line engraving on paper
    H 27.4 x W 18.2 cm
    National Portrait Gallery, London
    Ira Frederick Aldridge as Aaron in 'Titus Andronicus'
    Image credit: National Portrait Gallery, London
  • Ira Frederick Aldridge as Mungo in 'The Padlock' published c.1850
    T. Hollis (active mid-19th C)
    Stipple & line engraving on paper
    H 27.4 x W 17.6 cm
    National Portrait Gallery, London
    Ira Frederick Aldridge as Mungo in 'The Padlock'
    Image credit: National Portrait Gallery, London
  • Carmen 1962
    Gerald Scott (1916–1977)
    Calcium aluminate cement
    H 50 x W 32 x D 28.5 cm
    RWA (Royal West of England Academy)
    Carmen
    © the copyright holder. Image credit: RWA (Royal West of England Academy)
  • Ira Frederick Aldridge 1853
    Miklós Barabás (1810–1898)
    Lithograph on paper
    H 44.2 x W 29.3 cm
    National Portrait Gallery, London
    Ira Frederick Aldridge
    Image credit: National Portrait Gallery, London
  • The Triumph of Scipio Africanus 17th C
    Giulio Romano (c.1499–1546) (after)
    Oil on canvas
    H 52 x W 61.5 cm
    Walker Art Gallery
    The Triumph of Scipio Africanus
    Image credit: Walker Art Gallery
  • The Butcher's Boy c.1910
    Neville Lewis (1895–1972)
    Oil on panel
    H 35.6 x W 26 cm
    The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery, University of Leeds
    The Butcher's Boy
    © the copyright holder. Image credit: The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery, University of Leeds
  • African Queens
    James Martin (1924–2006)
    Oil on wood
    H 27 x W 20 cm
    RWA (Royal West of England Academy)
    African Queens
    © the copyright holder. Image credit: RWA (Royal West of England Academy)
  • Marriage and Birth Customs of the Matabele People 1976
    Cleopas B. Ndaneta (active 1976)
    Teak
    H 153 x W 46 x D 45 cm
    Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
    Marriage and Birth Customs of the Matabele People
    © the copyright holder. Image credit: Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
  • George IV (1762–1830), when Prince of Wales 1780
    John Hoppner (1758–1810)
    Oil on canvas
    H 235 x W 147 cm
    The Mansion House and Guildhall
    George IV (1762–1830), when Prince of Wales
    Image credit: The Mansion House and Guildhall
  • African Portrait No. 2
    Reginald Grenville Eves (1876–1941)
    Oil on canvas
    H 50 x W 39 cm
    Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art, mima
    African Portrait No. 2
    Image credit: Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art, mima
  • Tunumiu Woman* 1937
    Eigil Knuth (1903–1996)
    Plaster
    H 44 x W 22 x D 23 cm
    Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge
    Tunumiu Woman*
    © the copyright holder. Image credit: Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge
  • Bust of a Woman with Serpents 1973
    Roger Hilton (1911–1975)
    Charcoal & gouache on paper
    H 56 x W 38.1 cm
    Jerwood Collection
    Bust of a Woman with Serpents
    © estate of Roger Hilton. All rights reserved, DACS 2020. Image credit: Jerwood Collection




  • America, Does it Exist? 1985
    Graham Durward (b.1956)
    Oil on canvas
    H 183.5 x W 168 cm
    British Council Collection
    America, Does it Exist?
    © courtesy of the artist and Maureen Paley, London. Image credit: British Council Collection
  • Kuarke 1905
    John Macallan Swan (1847–1910)
    Oil on canvas
    H 61 x W 39.8 cm
    The Pitt Rivers Museum
    Kuarke
    Image credit: The Pitt Rivers Museum
  • White Wedding (The Bride) c.1960
    James Fitton (1899–1982)
    Oil on canvas
    H 41.1 x W 25.5 cm
    Herbert Art Gallery & Museum

  • The Girls 1962
    Jacqueline Needham (b.1930)
    Oil on board
    H 60.5 x W 90.5 cm
    Herbert Art Gallery & Museum



  • The Fruit Seller 1900
    Giuseppe Signorini (1857–1932)
    Watercolour, bodycolour & gum arabic on paper
    H 100 x W 70 cm
    Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum
  • Arab Woman
    James McBey (1883–1959)
    Oil on canvas
    H 46.5 x W 32 cm
    Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums
    Arab Woman
    © Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums. Image credit: Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums
  • Three Views of the Head of a Native (probably a Sakalava), Madagascar 1815
    James Ward (1769–1859)
    Oil on canvas
    H 60 x W 78 cm
    British Museum
    Three Views of the Head of a Native (probably a Sakalava), Madagascar
    Image credit: The Trustees of the British Museum
  • Portrait of a Man 20th C
    unknown artist
    Oil on canvas
    H 70.5 x W 55.5 cm
    Dundee Art Galleries and Museums Collection (Dundee City Council)
    Portrait of a Man
    Image credit: Dundee Art Galleries and Museums Collection (Dundee City Council)
  • (You are now entering) Mau Mau Country 1983
    Keith Piper (b.1960)
    Acrylic on hessian & canvas
    H 246.5 x W 192 cm
    Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre
    (You are now entering) Mau Mau Country
    © the artist. Image credit: Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre
  • Self Portrait 2000
    Barbara Walker (b.1964)
    Oil on canvas
    H 69 x W 69 cm
    The Collection: Art & Archaeology in Lincolnshire (Usher Gallery)
    Self Portrait
    © the artist. Image credit: The Collection: Art & Archaeology in Lincolnshire (Usher Gallery)
  • The Adoration of the Magi 1984–1985
    Andrew Walker (b.1959)
    Oil on canvas
    H 190.5 x W 157.5 cm
    Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums
    The Adoration of the Magi
    © the artist. Image credit: Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums
  • African Musicians 1939
    Samuel Haile (1909–1948)
    Oil on canvas
    H 56 x W 76.2 cm
    York Museums Trust
    African Musicians
    Image credit: York Museums Trust
  • Elizabeth Risby, with John c.1660
    Anglo/Flemish School
    Oil on canvas
    H 81 x W 115 cm
    West Suffolk Heritage Service
    Elizabeth Risby, with John
    Image credit: West Suffolk Heritage Service

  • Juanita 1927
    Laura Knight (1877–1970)
    Etching on paper
    H 57 x W 41.7 cm
    Penlee House Gallery & Museum
  • Woureddy (d.1842) 1834
    Benjamin Duterreau (1767–1851)
    Oil on canvas
    British Museum
    Woureddy (d.1842)
    Image credit: The Trustees of the British Museum
  • Nurse's Station 1998
    Anya Grzesik (b.1973)
    Oil on board
    H 100 x W 160 cm
    Dorset County Hospital

  • Oceanus 1928
    David Evans (1893–1959)
    Bronze
    H 53 x W 32 x D 13 cm
    Welwyn Hatfield Museum Service
    Oceanus
    © the copyright holder. Image credit: Welwyn Hatfield Museum Service
  • Cutting Wood
    Sam Joseph Ntiro (1923–1993)
    Oil on canvas
    H 50.7 x W 50.8 cm
    Argyll and Bute Council
    Cutting Wood
    © the copyright holder. Image credit: Argyll and Bute Council
  • Humankind I
    Robin Philipson (1916–1992)
    Oil, tissue & PVA on canvas
    H 91.5 x W 121.8 cm
    Argyll and Bute Council
    Humankind I
    © the artist's estate. Image credit: Argyll and Bute Council
  • Mzee Mayunga c.1975–1984
    Simon George Mpata (1942–1984)
    Oil on hardboard
    H 60.9 x W 61.2 cm
    Argyll and Bute Council
    Mzee Mayunga
    © the copyright holder. Image credit: Argyll and Bute Council
  • Figures in a Boat
    Louis Mhuguni (1938–1998)
    Oil on hardboard
    H 50.7 x W 58 cm
    Argyll and Bute Council
    Figures in a Boat
    © the copyright holder. Image credit: Argyll and Bute Council
  • Untitled
    Henry Tayali (1943–1987)
    Oil on hardboard
    H 45.7 x W 34.5 cm
    Argyll and Bute Council
    Untitled
    © the artist's estate. Image credit: Argyll and Bute Council


  • Giant Head, Ben 2001
    Nahem Shoa (b.1968)
    Oil on canvas
    H 165 x W 137 cm
    Hartlepool Museums and Heritage Service
    Giant Head, Ben
    © the artist. Image credit: Hartlepool Museums and Heritage Service



  • Desmond Haughton 2003
    Nahem Shoa (b.1968)
    Oil on canvas
    H 37 x W 27.5 cm
    Atkinson Art Gallery Collection
    Desmond Haughton
    © the artist. Image credit: Atkinson Art Gallery Collection



  • Gbenga Ilumoka Wearing a Red Top 1998
    Nahem Shoa (b.1968)
    Oil on canvas
    H 60 x W 50.7 cm
    Hatton Gallery
    Gbenga Ilumoka Wearing a Red Top
    © the artist. Image credit: courtesy of the artist / Hatton Gallery

  • G. Benga
    Nahem Shoa (b.1968)
    Oil on canvas
    H 59 x W 49.5 cm
    The Box (Plymouth Museums Galleries Archives)
  • Self Portrait 2007
    Desmond Haughton (b.1968)
    Oil on canvas
    H 79 x W 46 cm
    Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust
    Self Portrait
    © the copyright holder. Image credit: Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust
  • Ben 2007
    Desmond Haughton (b.1968)
    Oil on canvas
    H 79 x W 46 cm
    Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust
    Ben
    © the copyright holder. Image credit: Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust
  • Self Portrait in a Yellow Waistcoat 1993
    Desmond Haughton (b.1968)
    Oil on canvas
    H 81.3 x W 45.7 cm
    Royal Holloway, University of London
    Self Portrait in a Yellow Waistcoat
    © the copyright holder. Image credit: Royal Holloway, University of London
  • Flesh II 2005
    Zanele Muholi (b.1972)
    Photograph, gelatin silver print on paper
    H 60 x W 44.6 cm
    Tate
    Flesh II
    © the artist. Image credit: Tate
  • Domenico Giuliani and His Servant 1579
    Bartolomeo Passarotti (1529–1592) (attributed to)
    Oil on canvas
    H 121 x W 92.2 cm
    Manchester Art Gallery
    Domenico Giuliani and His Servant
    Image credit: Manchester Art Gallery

  • Bra 2003
    Zanele Muholi (b.1972)
    Photograph, gelatin silver print on paper
    H 27.5 x W 27.3 cm
    Tate
    Bra
    © the artist. Image credit: Tate

  • ID Crisis 2003
    Zanele Muholi (b.1972)
    Photograph, gelatin silver print on paper
    H 35.3 x W 48 cm
    Tate
    ID Crisis
    © the artist. Image credit: Tate
  • Aftermath 2004
    Zanele Muholi (b.1972)
    Photograph, gelatin silver print on paper
    H 59.9 x W 39.2 cm
    Tate
    Aftermath
    © the artist. Image credit: Tate
  • Ordeal 2003
    Zanele Muholi (b.1972)
    Photograph, gelatin silver print on paper
    H 63.2 x W 69.5 cm
    Tate
    Ordeal
    © the artist. Image credit: Tate
  • In-security 2003
    Zanele Muholi (b.1972)
    Photograph, gelatin silver print on paper
    H 48.2 x W 33.2 cm
    Tate
    In-security
    © the artist. Image credit: Tate
  • Thembeka I, New York, Upstate 2015
    Zanele Muholi (b.1972)
    Photograph, gelatin silver print on paper
    H 49.6 x W 38.6 cm
    Tate
    Thembeka I, New York, Upstate
    © the artist. Image credit: Tate
  • Somnyama IV, Oslo 2015
    Zanele Muholi (b.1972)
    Photograph, gelatin silver print on paper
    H 99.4 x W 83 cm
    Tate
    Somnyama IV, Oslo
    © the artist. Image credit: Tate



  • To Tell Them There It's Got To 2013
    Lynette Yiadom-Boakye (b.1977)
    Oil on canvas
    H 60 x W 55 cm
    The Box (Plymouth Museums Galleries Archives)
    To Tell Them There It's Got To
    © Courtesy of the artist, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York and Corvi-Mora, London.. Image credit: the artist
  • The Generosity 2010
    Lynette Yiadom-Boakye (b.1977)
    Oil paint on canvas
    H 180 x W 200 cm
    Tate
    The Generosity
    © Courtesy of the artist, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York and Corvi-Mora, London. Image credit: Tate

















  • Condominium 2005
    Lynette Yiadom-Boakye (b.1977)
    Oil on linen
    H 121 x W 150.2 cm
    British Council Collection
    Condominium
    © Courtesy of the artist, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York and Corvi-Mora, London.. Image credit: British Council Collection

  • 10pm Saturday 2012
    Lynette Yiadom-Boakye (b.1977)
    Oil paint on canvas
    H 200 x W 130 cm
    Tate
    10pm Saturday
    © Courtesy of the artist, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York and Corvi-Mora, London. Image credit: Tate

  • Lynette Yiadom-Boakye (b.1977) 2013
    Sal Idriss (b.1970)
    C-type colour print
    H 48.4 x W 32 cm
    National Portrait Gallery, London
    Lynette Yiadom-Boakye (b.1977)
    © Sal Idriss. Image credit: Sal Idriss / National Portrait Gallery, London

  • Mair at Cylch Meithrin 2020
    Anya Paintsil (b.1993)
    Acrylic, wool & synthetic hair on hessian
    H 107 x W 92 cm
    Glynn Vivian Art Gallery
    Mair at Cylch Meithrin
    © the artist. Image credit: City & County of Swansea: Glynn Vivian Art Gallery Collection
  • I Am the Predator, Not the Prey I 2020
    Anya Paintsil (b.1993)
    Acrylic, wool, synthetic hair & human hair on hessian
    H 142.5 x W 129.5 cm
    Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery
    I Am the Predator, Not the Prey I
    © the artist. Image credit: Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery
  • I Am the Predator, Not the Prey II 2020
    Anya Paintsil (b.1993)
    Acrylic, wool, synthetic hair & human hair on hessian
    H 142.5 x W 114.5 cm
    Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery
    I Am the Predator, Not the Prey II
    © the artist. Image credit: Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery
  • Studies of a Young Man with Dark Hair c.1919
    Margaret Barnard (1898–1992)
    Pencil on paper
    H 56 x W 38 cm
    Rye Art Gallery



  • Woman and Child
    Eva Frankfurther (1930–1959)
    Oil on canvas
    H 79 x W 59 cm
    Clare Hall, University of Cambridge
    Woman and Child
    © the artist's estate. Image credit: Clare Hall, University of Cambridge

  • The Virgin of Guadalupe 1745
    unknown artist
    Oil on canvas
    H 106 x W 84.5 cm
    Wellcome Collection
    The Virgin of Guadalupe
    Image credit: Wellcome Collection

  • Aisha of the Kasba
    Edward Wolfe (1897–1982)
    Oil on canvas
    H 53.6 x W 43.3 cm
    Manchester Art Gallery
    Aisha of the Kasba
    © the estate of Edward Wolfe. Image credit: Manchester Art Gallery
  • Mars, Venus and an Attendant
    William Etty (1787–1849)
    Oil on panel
    H 91.5 x W 62 cm
    National Trust, Anglesey Abbey
    Mars, Venus and an Attendant
    Image credit: National Trust Images
  • June 2005
    Sue Rubira (b.1959)
    Oil on canvas
    H 51 x W 46 cm
    New Hall Art Collection, Murray Edwards College, University of Cambridge
    June
    © the artist. Image credit: New Hall Art Collection, Murray Edwards College, University of Cambridge
  • Melita 1931
    Ronald Ossory Dunlop (1894–1973)
    Oil on canvas
    H 50.8 x W 40.6 cm
    Leeds Museums and Galleries
    Melita
    © the copyright holder. Image credit: Leeds Museums and Galleries

  • African Journey
    unknown artist
    Oil on canvas
    H 75 x W 93 cm
    University of Reading Art Collection
    African Journey
    © the copyright holder. Image credit: University of Reading Art Collection
  • Tikhvin Mother of God 18th C/19th C
    unknown artist
    Tempera on panel
    H 30 x W 25 cm
    Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery
    Tikhvin Mother of God
    Image credit: Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery
  • Head of a Dancer c.1936
    Neville Lewis (1895–1972)
    Oil on canvas
    H 46 x W 35.5 cm
    Bradford Museums and Galleries
    Head of a Dancer
    © the copyright holder. Image credit: Bradford Museums and Galleries
  • A New Light in the Hareem 1884
    Frederick Goodall (1822–1904)
    Oil on canvas
    H 122.7 x W 215.3 cm
    Walker Art Gallery
    A New Light in the Hareem
    Image credit: Walker Art Gallery
  • Judith 2008
    Wendy Elia
    Oil on linen
    H 166 x W 91 cm
    The Priseman Seabrook Collections
    Judith
    © the artist. Image credit: The Priseman Seabrook Collections

  • Malay Girl
    Neville Lewis (1895–1972)
    Oil on canvas
    H 61.5 x W 51 cm
    Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums
    Malay Girl
    © the copyright holder. Image credit: Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums
  • Women on Wheels
    Andrew Walker (b.1959)
    Oil on canvas
    H 160 x W 191.8 cm
    Museums & Galleries Edinburgh – City of Edinburgh Council
    Women on Wheels
    © the artist. Image credit: Museums & Galleries Edinburgh – City of Edinburgh Council

  • Head of a Woman
    André Lhote (1885–1962)
    Oil on canvas
    H 35.2 x W 27 cm
    Glasgow Museums
    Head of a Woman
    © ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2020. Image credit: Glasgow Museums
  • A Girl with Fruit 1882
    John Gilbert (1817–1897)
    Oil on canvas
    H 125 x W 91 cm
    City of London Corporation
    A Girl with Fruit
    Image credit: City of London Corporation
  • Portrait of an Unknown Woman
    unknown artist
    Oil on board
    H 29.9 x W 24.9 cm
    Brecknock Museum and Art Gallery
    Portrait of an Unknown Woman
    © the copyright holder. Image credit: Brecknock Museum and Art Gallery
  • Sibylla Aegyptia (The Egyptian Sibyl) c.1750
    British School
    Oil on canvas
    H 94 x W 73 cm
    National Trust, Uppark
    Sibylla Aegyptia (The Egyptian Sibyl)
    Image credit: National Trust Images
  • A Female from Nigeria before 1931
    unknown artist
    Wood
    H 72 x W 31 x D 20 cm
    Englesea Brook Chapel and Museum
    A Female from Nigeria
    Image credit: Englesea Brook Chapel and Museum
  • Pondo Woman
    Neville Lewis (1895–1972)
    Oil on board
    H 40.7 x W 30.1 cm
    Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums
    Pondo Woman
    © the copyright holder. Image credit: Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums
  • Caprice. Verso: Masked Woman with a White Mouse c.1894
    Aubrey Beardsley (1872–1898)
    Oil on canvas
    H 76.2 x W 63.5 cm
    Tate
    Caprice. Verso: Masked Woman with a White Mouse
    Image credit: Tate
  • Funchal, Madeira 1891
    Frank Brangwyn (1867–1956)
    Oil on panel
    H 92 x W 81 cm
    Falmouth Art Gallery
    Funchal, Madeira
    © the artist's estate / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: Falmouth Art Gallery
  • Shade
    Frank Brangwyn (1867–1956)
    Oil on canvas
    H 51.4 x W 79 cm
    Northampton Museums & Art Gallery
    Shade
    © the artist's estate / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: Northampton Museums & Art Gallery
  • Shade 1893
    Frank Brangwyn (1867–1956)
    Oil on canvas
    H 61.7 x W 75 cm
    Lamport Hall
    Shade
    © the artist's estate / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: Lamport Hall
  • The Slave Market 1872
    Frank Brangwyn (1867–1956)
    Oil on canvas
    H 103 x W 127 cm
    Atkinson Art Gallery Collection
    The Slave Market
    © the artist's estate / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: Atkinson Art Gallery Collection
  • Commerce
    Frank Brangwyn (1867–1956)
    Oil on canvas
    H 55.8 x W 48.2 cm
    Williamson Art Gallery & Museum
  • West Indian Market c.1935
    Frank Brangwyn (1867–1956)
    Oil on canvas
    H 61 x W 74.5 cm
    William Morris Gallery
    West Indian Market
    © the artist's estate / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: William Morris Gallery
  • Music 1895
    Frank Brangwyn (1867–1956)
    Oil on canvas
    H 188.5 x W 143.5 cm
    William Morris Gallery
    Music
    © the artist's estate / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: William Morris Gallery
  • The Captive Slave (Slave in Chains) c.1825
    John Simpson (1782–1847) (attributed to)
    Oil on canvas
    H 128.2 x W 102 cm
    Wilberforce House Museum
    The Captive Slave (Slave in Chains)
    Image credit: Bridgeman Images
  • The Slave Worker 2001
    Maurice Blik (b.1939)
    Bronze
    H 78 x W 134 x D 72 cm
    Jersey Heritage
    The Slave Worker
    © the copyright holder. Image credit: Jersey Heritage
  • The Marron or Runaway Slave* 1987
    unknown artist
    Wood
    H 30 x W 20 x D 8 cm
    Hackney Museum
    The Marron or Runaway Slave*
    © the copyright holder. Image credit: Hackney Museum

  • The Kneeling Slave, 'Am I not a man and a brother?' c.1800
    British (English) School
    Oil on canvas
    H 86.4 x W 72.9 cm
    Wilberforce House Museum
    The Kneeling Slave, 'Am I not a man and a brother?'
    Image credit: Bridgeman Images


  • The Nubian Slave 1858
    Antonio Rossetti (b.1819)
    Marble
    H 103 cm
    The Nubian Slave
    Image credit: Gordon Baird / Art UK
  • The Slave Market, Cairo 1840
    William James Müller (1812–1845)
    Oil on panel
    H 27.3 x W 40.6 cm
    Leicester Arts and Museums Service
    The Slave Market, Cairo
    Image credit: Leicester Arts and Museums Service
  • Slave
    Michael Mulcahy (b.1952)
    Oil on canvas
    H 163 x W 179 cm
    National Museums Northern Ireland


  • Teapot, Ginger Jar and Slave Candlestick c.1695
    Pieter Gerritsz. van Roestraten (1629/1630–1700) (follower of)
    Oil on canvas
    H 68.6 x W 54.5 cm
    Paintings Collection
    Teapot, Ginger Jar and Slave Candlestick
    Image credit: Victoria and Albert Museum, London



  • The Capture of Slaves by an African Slaver in Africa 19th C
    unknown artist
    Watercolour on paper
    H 72 x W 108 cm
    Wellcome Collection
    The Capture of Slaves by an African Slaver in Africa
    Image credit: Wellcome Collection
  • Thomas Williams, a Black Sailor 1815
    John Downman (1749–1824)
    Chalk and graphite on paper
    H 31.5 x W 28.5 cm
    Tate
    Thomas Williams, a Black Sailor
    Image credit: Tate
  • Learie Constantine (1901–1971) 1971
    Karin Jonzen (1914–1998)
    Bronze
    H 43.8 cm
    National Portrait Gallery, London
    Learie Constantine (1901–1971)
    © the artist's estate. Image credit: National Portrait Gallery, London


  • The Battle of Isandlwana, 22 January 1879 c.1885
    Charles Edwin Fripp (1854–1906)
    Oil on canvas
    H 142.2 x W 223.2 cm
    National Army Museum
    The Battle of Isandlwana, 22 January 1879
    Image credit: National Army Museum

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