Mary Jane Seacole, née Grant 1869

Albert Charles Challen (1847–1881)

Oil on panel

H 24 x W 18 cm

National Portrait Gallery, London

1869, oil on panel by Albert Charles Challen (1847–1881)

Mary Seacole (1805–1881) 2016

Martin Jennings (b.1957) and Pangolin Editions (founded 1985)

Bronze, Cumbrian black slate & Portland stone

H 490 cm

Martin Jennings (b.1957) and Pangolin Editions (founded 1985)

XIV 2012

Lynette Yiadom-Boakye (b.1977)

Etching on Somerset soft white velvet 300gsm

H 37.8 x W 28.3 cm

Yale Center for British Art

Mary Seacole 2020

Greg Bunbury (b.1976)

Large format print on paper

H 304.8 x W 609.6 cm

Black Outdoor Art

Shirley Bassey (b.1937) with Her Mother Eliza-Jane Metcalfe (1901–1981) 1955

John Pratt (1941–2020)

Gelatin silver print

H 22.8 x W 20.5 cm

National Portrait Gallery, London

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) 1997

Mike Owen (b.1954)

Digital C-type colour print

H 24.2 x W 19.5 cm

National Portrait Gallery, London

Shirley Bassey (b.1937) 1959

Angus McBean (1904–1990)

Bromide print

H 35.5 x W 27 cm

National Portrait Gallery, London

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

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 c.1937

Augustus Edwin John (1878–1961)

Oil on canvas

H 55.9 x W 45.7 cm

Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales

Jamaican Girl c.1956–1960

Dod Procter (1892–1972)

Oil on board

H 30 x W 24.5 cm

Royal Academy of Arts

Portrait of Henry Thomas, a Jamaican Man c.1935

Glyn Warren Philpot (1884–1937)

Oil on canvas

H 44.4 x W 36.8 cm

Bristol Museums, Galleries & Archives

Bronze Woman 2008

Aleix Barbat and Ian Homer Walters (1930–2006)

Bronze

H 300 cm

West African Madonna by River

Victor Elford (1911–2003)

Oil on board

H 59 x W 47 cm

The Box, Plymouth

Red Madonna

Victor Elford (1911–2003)

Oil on board

H 76 x W 60 cm

The Box, Plymouth

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*

unknown artist

Bronze

H 50 x W 28 x D 30 cm

Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

James Pinson Labulo Davies (1828–1906) and Aina (Sarah Forbes Bonetta, later Davies) (1843–1880) 1862

Camille Silvy (1834–1910)

Albumen print

H 9 x W 6 cm

National Portrait Gallery, London

Aina, Sarah Forbes Bonetta Davies (1843–1880) 2020

Hannah Uzor (b.1982)

Acrylic & fabric on canvas

H 120 x W 80 cm

English Heritage, Osborne House

James Pinson Labulo Davies (1828–1906) and Aina (Sarah Forbes Bonetta, later Davies) (1843–1880) 1862

Camille Silvy (1834–1910)

Albumen print

H 12.9 x W 10.8 cm

National Portrait Gallery, London

Aina (Sarah Forbes Bonetta, later Davies) (1843–1880) 1862

Camille Silvy (1834–1910)

Albumen print

H 8.3 x W 5.6 cm

National Portrait Gallery, London

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

Ann De Lisle De Beauvoir (b.1631/1632) 1669

Henri Gascar (1634–1701) (circle of)

Oil on canvas

H 100.4 x W 88 cm

Guernsey Museums and Galleries

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 African Figures

Fred Uhlman (1901–1985)

Oil on canvas

H 61 x W 91 cm

Hatton Gallery

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

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 c.1725

Bartholomew Dandridge (1691–c.1754)

Oil on canvas

H 121.9 x W 121.9 cm

Yale Center for British Art

Girl with a Dog 1708

Philip Vilain (active 1694–1717)

Oil on canvas

H 108.7 x W 82.5 cm

The Bowes Museum

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

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

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 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 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 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 Girl c.1940

Augustus Edwin John (1878–1961)

Oil on canvas

H 61.5 x W 45.8 cm

Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales

West Indian Waitresses c.1955

Eva Frankfurther (1930–1959)

Oil on paper

H 76 x W 55 cm

Ben Uri Collection

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

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

West Indian 1973

Winston Branch (b.1947)

Oil on canvas

H 105 x W 90.2 cm

Rugby Art Gallery and Museum Art Collections

The Black Boy c.1769

William Jones (active 1764–1782)

Oil on canvas

H 89.5 x W 70 cm

Victoria Art Gallery

Study of a Boy c.1827–c.1838

William Etty (1787–1849)

Oil on millboard

H 50.8 x W 36.8 cm

York Museums Trust

Seated Arab with Black Boy 1869

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 1658

Anglo/Dutch School

Oil on canvas

H 139.5 x W 147.5 cm

National Trust, Oxburgh Hall

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 c.1690–1692

John Closterman (1660–1711)

Oil on canvas

H 207.5 x W 144 cm

National Trust, Petworth House

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

William Bell (1733–1794)

Oil on canvas

H 91 x W 58.5 cm

National Trust, Seaton Delaval

Figure of a Black Servant in Livery 18th C

unknown artist

Wood

H 155 x W 93 x D 750 cm

Wilberforce House Museum

Supposed Portrait of Florence Smyth (b.1634), and an Unnamed Black Attendant c.1640

Gilbert Jackson (c.1595/1600–after 1648) (circle of)

Oil on canvas

H 66 x W 58.5 cm

Bristol Museums, Galleries & Archives

Two Jamaican Girls 1937

Augustus Edwin John (1878–1961)

Oil on canvas

H 76.2 x W 63.8 cm

Walker Art Gallery

Aboriginal Portrait 1971

Sidney Nolan (1917–1992)

Mixed

Britten Pears Arts

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

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

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 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

Royal Museums Greenwich

An Australian Aborigine 1916

Frederick C. Britton (1889–1931)

Charcoal on brown-toned paper

H 50.3 x W 42.3 cm

Harris Museum, Art Gallery & Library

Aborigine 1962

Kenneth Leslie Rowell (1920–1999)

Oil on canvas

H 99 x W 76 cm

Wolfson College, University of Oxford

Woman with Aborigines

R. Noble

Oil on canvas

H 52.5 x W 68 cm

Darlington Borough Art Collection

Head of a South American

unknown artist

Resin & paint

H 33 x W 19 x D 24 cm

Guernsey Museums and Galleries

Portrait of a North American Indian

Roderick Russell

Oil on hardboard

H 68 x W 50 cm

Bradford Museums and Galleries

An American Indian Medicine Man

unknown artist

Oil on canvas

H 37 x W 31 cm

Wellcome Collection

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

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

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

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 Song of the Nubian Slave 1863

Frederick Goodall (1822–1904)

Oil on canvas

H 71.2 x W 92 cm

Royal Academy of Arts

Africans on a Plantation c.1985

Wilde

Oil on canvas

H 47 x W 65 cm

Zoological Society of London

Tobacco Plantation in S. Rhodesia 1926–1933

Frank Cheyne Papé (1878–1972) and Johnson, Riddle and Co. Ltd (active c.1927–1945) and Her Majesty's Stationery Office (HMSO)

Lithograph on paper

H 102 x W 152.5 cm

Manchester Art Gallery

African Woman Making Beer

unknown artist

Wood

H 7 x W 6.4 cm

Canterbury Museums and Galleries

Female African Figure*

F. O. Idehem

Wood

University of Birmingham

African Women 2008

J. Jameson

Oil on board

H 49.5 x W 39 cm

University College London Hospitals

Two African Women 1949

Leon Underwood (1890–1975)

Charcoal & watercolour on paper

H 53.5 x W 38.5 cm

Jerwood Collection

People Standing or Dancing Outside a City Gate in Egypt (?) 19th C (?)

unknown artist

Watercolour on paper

H 28.2 x W 67.5 cm

Wellcome Collection

Three African Women

B. Long

Acrylic & hair on paper

H 50 x W 60 cm

University of Reading Art Collection

Bust of an African Woman 1861

Charles Henri Cordier (1827–1905)

Bronze

H 78 x W 33 cm

National Trust, Ickworth

West African Woman Carrying a Bowl

Victor Elford (1911–2003)

Oil on board

H 58 x W 45 cm

The Box, Plymouth

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

African Woman

unknown artist

Wood

H 32 x W 9 x D 10 cm

Hull Guildhall

African Boy Riding a Billy Goat modelled and cast early 1500s

Andrea Riccio (1470–1532) (attributed to)

Bronze, marble & gilt bronze

H 21.7 x W 22.1 cm

The Barber Institute of Fine Arts

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

Portrait of an African Girl 1957

Peter de Francia (1921–2012)

Oil on canvas

H 178 x W 131 cm

Sheffield Museums

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 & Galleries

African Girl 1955

Arnold Forrester Warden (1892–1963)

Plaster

H 40 x W 33 x D 24 cm

Stockport Heritage Services

African Village

Corneille

Oil

Paisley Museum and Art Galleries, Renfrewshire Council Collections

African Village*

Thomas J. Wani

Oil on canvas

H 36 x W 52 cm

North Hertfordshire Museum

African Village

unknown artist

Acrylic on paper

H 46.5 x W 71 cm

St Michael's Hospital

African Scene: Village and Coast (?)

Bandre (active 20th C)

Oil on board

H 47 x W 59 cm

University of St Andrews

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

Paul Robeson (1898–1976) 1927

Jacob Epstein (1880–1959)

Bronze

H 34.5 x W 21.5 x D 29.5 cm

York Museums Trust

Paul Robeson (1898–1976) 1968

Ronald Moody (1900–1984)

Copper & resin

H 38.7 x W 22.8 x D 29 cm

Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales

Paul Robeson's Son 1938

Jacob Epstein (1880–1959)

Patinated bronze

H 31.4 x W 25.5 x D 22.5 cm

Sheffield Museums

Paul Robeson (1898–1976) c.1940

Jacob Epstein (1880–1959)

Bronze

H 34 x W 21 x D 30 cm

Rochdale Arts & Heritage Service

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

Network

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 1770

William Bell (1733–1794)

Oil on canvas

H 231 x W 145 cm

National Trust, Seaton Delaval

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

De negro y india se produce un lobo c.1715

Juan Rodriguez Juarez (1675–1728) (attributed to)

Oil on canvas

H 103 x W 147 cm

Leicester Museums and Galleries

Dancers – Victoria, Ora and Serafina exhibited 1948

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)

The White Shirt 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)

Man's Head c.1858

Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836–1912)

Oil on canvas

H 43.9 x W 43.5 cm

Towner

Man in a Blue Shirt

Enrico Equi (b.1936)

Oil on board

H 90 x W 69.5 cm

Hartlepool Museums and Heritage Service

Dancing Negro exhibited 1933

Laura Sylvia Gosse (1881–1968)

Oil on canvas

H 110.9 x W 62.2 cm

Sheffield Museums

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

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

Dod Procter (1892–1972)

Oil on canvas

H 60 x W 51 cm

RWA (Royal West of England Academy)

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 1922–1927

Edward Atkinson Hornel (1864–1933)

Oil on canvas

H 51 x W 40.5 cm

National Trust for Scotland, Broughton House & Garden

Boys and Coconuts 1954

Dod Procter (1892–1972)

Oil on canvas

H 65 x W 50 cm

Cornwall Council

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

unknown artist

University of Leicester

African Head

Dod Procter (1892–1972)

Oil on hardboard

H 29.3 x W 24.6 cm

The Box, Plymouth

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 c.1957

Dod Procter (1892–1972)

Oil on canvas

H 54 x W 43.2 cm

Royal Academy of Arts

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 Grey Day

Alethea Garstin (1894–1978)

Oil on canvas

H 22 x W 26.5 cm

RWA (Royal West of England Academy)

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 (13) East Africa c.1930

Frank Brangwyn (1867–1956)

Oil on canvas

H 365.7 x W 396 cm

Glynn Vivian Art Gallery

Javanese Head 1931

Dora Gordine (1895–1991)

Bronze on wooden base

H 45.8 x W 21 x D 27.5 cm

Tate

Suni

Marguerite Milward (1873–1953)

Bronze

H 42 x W 20 x D 23 cm

Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge

A Pathan Sowar, 25th Cavalry (Frontier Force) c.1908

Leila Kathleen Williamson (1859–1939)

Oil on canvas

H 55.5 x W 44.1 cm

National Army Museum

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

Frederick Garnett (1876–1933)

Pen & ink on paper (?)

H 20.4 x W 28.4 cm

Wellcome Collection

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 Gathering 1971

James Tytler (b.1948)

Oil on canvas

H 127 x W 148.8 cm

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 c.1850

unknown artist

Gouache, pen & ink on card

H 21.6 x W 17.8 cm

Wellcome Collection

Tribal Mark 1961

Aubrey Williams (1926–1990)

Oil on canvas

H 76 x W 102 cm

Tate

The Empire's Copra

Elijah Albert Cox (1876–1955) and Waterlow and Sons Ltd (active 1810–1960s) and Her Majesty's Stationery Office (HMSO)

Lithograph on paper

H 51 x W 76 cm

Manchester Art Gallery

The Empire's Sugar Cane 1927

Elijah Albert Cox (1876–1955) and Eyre & Spottiswoode Ltd (active c.1875–c.1970) and Her Majesty's Stationery Office (HMSO)

Lithograph on paper

H 102 x W 152.5 cm

Manchester Art Gallery

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

Picking Empire-Grown Tea

Harold Sandys Williamson (1892–1978) and Jordison & Co. Ltd (active c.1926–c.1957) and Her Majesty's Stationery Office (HMSO)

Lithograph on paper

H 102 x W 64 cm

Manchester Art Gallery

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 c.1515

Hieronymus Bosch (c.1450–1516) (attributed to)

Oil on panel

H 100 x W 73 cm

National Trust, Petworth House

A Sergeant of a Cavalry Regiment c.1830

unknown artist

Oil on canvas

H 85.6 x W 65 cm

National Army Museum

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

I Was There IV 2019

Barbara Walker (b.1964)

Pen & ink on tracing paper over digital print

H 49 x W 39 cm

Bristol Museums, Galleries & Archives

I Was There V 2019

Barbara Walker (b.1964)

Pen & ink on tracing paper over digital print

H 49 x W 39 cm

Bristol Museums, Galleries & Archives

This is General Gordon – I have forgotten was there a past? 2011

Bob and Roberta Smith (b.1963)

Signwriting enamel paint & found materials

Leeds Museums and Galleries

Smoking Beach Boy

John Byrne (1940–2023)

Oil on board

H 121 x W 270 cm

Royal Scottish Academy of Art & Architecture

Between the Two my Heart is Balanced 1991

Lubaina Himid (b.1954)

Acrylic on canvas

H 121.8 x W 152.4 cm

Tate

African Woman 1920s

Neville Lewis (1895–1972)

Oil on panel

H 34 x W 23.6 cm

The Wilson

Onward Christian Soldiers 1987

Mowbray Odonkor (b.1962)

Acrylic on paper

H 152 x W 182 cm

Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre

Sir John Chardin 1711

British School

Oil on canvas

H 138 x W 138 cm

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

The Zulu 1930

Neville Lewis (1895–1972)

Oil on wood

H 35.6 x W 25.4 cm

Nottingham City Museums & Galleries

The Message of Peace 1982

Seth Ayarkwa

Oil on canvas

H 67 x W 61.5 cm

BBC

Sheikh in Zamibal 1951

Terence McCaw (1913–1978)

Oil on canvas

H 45.7 x W 40.6 cm

North Yorkshire Council

Woman's Head 1991

Patrick Martin (b.1958)

Oil & distemper on paper

H 105 x W 75 cm

Leicestershire County Council Artworks Collection

James Howe, Benjamin Tilden, an Unidentified Man and a Portrait of Richard John Thompson 1729–1739

Jacopo Amigoni (1682–1752)

Oil on canvas

H 144 x W 193 cm

York Museums Trust

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) 1857

Alfred Corbould (c.1821–1874)

Oil on canvas

H 267 x W 334 cm

Nottingham City Museums & Galleries

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

Women and Trees* 2003

Yasmine

Acrylic on paper

H 26.5 x W 50.5 cm

CW+

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

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

Bob Jones, Temne Boy, Freetown, West Africa 1941

J. Hays (active 1942–1961)

Oil on canvas

H 35.6 x W 25 cm

North Yorkshire Council

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

A Fellah of Kinneh 1869

Thomas Stuart Smith (1813/1814–1869)

Oil on canvas

H 96 x W 66 cm

The Stirling Smith Art Gallery & Museum

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

A Man Cooking Meat on an Indian Barbeque 19th C (?)

unknown artist

Gouache on mica

H 14.3 x W 11 cm

Wellcome Collection

Sticks for the Cooking Fire

Khadija Shaw (b.1966)

Oil on paper

H 41.5 x W 29.3 cm

Down County Museum

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

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 1962

Richard Procter Dugdale (1913–1989)

Oil on hardboard

H 49.5 x W 45.2 cm

The Oxford Centre for Methodism and Church History

Nigerian Woman Carrying Baby

unknown artist

Hardwood & beads

H 70 x W 16 x D 24 cm

East Ayrshire Council

Head of a Man

James Lawrence Isherwood (1917–1989)

Oil on panel

H 34 x W 29 cm

The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery

Nigerian Girl 1906

Thomas John Clapperton (1879–1962)

Plaster & wood

H 45 x W 13.5 x D 11.5 cm

Scottish Borders Council

Nigerian Orderly Sergeant 1949

Lash

Oil on board

H 50 x W 40 cm

Police Service of Northern Ireland

Nigerian Dancers

Ben Enwonwu (1917–1994)

Oil on canvas

H 59 x W 50.5 cm

The Culture Trust, Luton

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 1943

Violet Muriel Baber Mimpriss (1895–1987)

Oil on canvas

H 50.8 x W 60.9 cm

IWM (Imperial War Museums)

Kenyan Soldier

unknown artist

Bronze

Defence Academy of the United Kingdom

White Wedding in Kenya 1953

Stanley Warren (1917–1992)

Oil on canvas

H 89.5 x W 131 cm

Bruce Castle Museum (Haringey Archive and Museum Service)

Wooden Sculpture from Kenya

unknown artist

Wood

H 29 x W 6 x D 4 cm

Watford Museum

South Africa III 2003

Hannah Satchel (b.1980)

Oil on canvas

H 134 x W 270 cm

University of Surrey

Nelson Mandela (1918–2013) 2000

Anne H. Mackintosh (1944–2014)

Oil on canvas

H 152.4 x W 121.9 cm

Glasgow Caledonian University

Nelson Mandela (1918–2013)

Michael Rizzello (1926–2004)

Bronze

Saïd Business School

Nelson Mandela (1918–2013) 2007

Ian Homer Walters (1930–2006) and Morris Singer Art Foundry Ltd (founded 1927)

Portland stone & bronze

H 275 cm

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) 2008

Ian Homer Walters (1930–2006)

Bronze

H 68.5 cm

National Portrait Gallery, London

Nelson Mandela (1918–2013), President of the Republic of South Africa 1996

John Doubleday (b.1947)

Bronze

Parliamentary Art Collection

Nelson Mandela (1918–2013) 1982

Ian Homer Walters (1930–2006) and J. Whitehead & Sons Ltd (active 1880–1985) and Morris Singer Art Foundry Ltd (founded 1927)

Bronze resin, bronze, concrete & South African ebony granite

H 152 cm

Jerita, 2010, Johannesburg, South Africa

Shaleen Temple (b.1987)

Lambdachrome lightjet print on Dibond

H 101.6 x W 101.6 cm

Arts Council of Northern Ireland

Market Woman in Ghana 1947

Lebrecht Hesse

Oil on canvas

H 61 x W 50.5 cm

University of Sussex

'Obuasi' Loading Cocoa at Accra, Ghana

John Stobart (1929–2023)

Oil on canvas

H 71.1 x W 101.6 cm

Merseyside Maritime Museum

Portrait of Female Berber – Morocco

Gillian Morris

Oil on canvas

H 31 x W 23 cm

Bushey Museum and Art Gallery

Acrobats, Marrakesh, Morocco 1936

James McBey (1883–1959)

Oil on canvas

H 81.5 x W 66 cm

Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums

Ouarzazate, Morocco c.1935

James McBey (1883–1959)

Oil on canvas

H 70.5 x W 91.7 cm

Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums

Male Figure

unknown artist

Wood

H 30.5 x W 7 x D 5.5 cm

Horniman Museum and Gardens

Male Figure

unknown artist

Wood, pigment & metal

H 34 x W 16 x D 7.5 cm

Horniman Museum and Gardens

Container for Nkisi Force (with Headdress) 1890–1925

unknown artist

Wood, resin, glass & feather

H 29 x W 7.5 x D 7.2 cm

Science Museum

Container for Nkisi Force 1880–1920

unknown artist

Wood, iron & cloth

H 26 x W 5.6 x D 5.6 cm

Science Museum

Nkisi Force Container 1890–1910

unknown artist

Wood, glass & resin

H 38.3 x W 17 x D 15.5 cm

Science Museum

Two Designs for the Mengo Medical Mission, Uganda: on the Front Two Scientists Researching and on the Reverse a Medicine Man and Physician 1927

Albert Ruskin Cook (1870–1951)

Pen, ink & gouache on paper (?)

H 42.9 x W 58.1 cm

Wellcome Collection

Musician and Clown – Le grand ballet de Senegal 1968

David Alan Redpath Michie (1928–2015)

Oil on hardboard panel

H 35 x W 45.8 cm

Royal Scottish Academy of Art & Architecture

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 19th C (?)

unknown artist

Gouache on mica

H 11.5 x W 7.6 cm

Wellcome Collection

Malian Figure

unknown artist

Wood

H 21 x W 9 x D 5 cm

The Gurkha Museum

Mali Carving of Three Male Figures

Lamidi Olonade Fakeye (1928–2009)

Wood

H 33 x W 20 x D 3 cm

University of Birmingham

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

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 1941

Henry Marvell Carr (1894–1970)

Oil on canvas

H 111.7 x W 86.3 cm

IWM (Imperial War Museums)

Sudanese Guard 1953

Ralph Lillford (1932–2019)

Oil on canvas

H 60.96 x W 53.34 cm

National Army Museum

A Sudan Cotton Field

Edward Barnard Lintott (1875–1951) and Johnson, Riddle and Co. Ltd (active c.1927–1945) and Her Majesty's Stationery Office (HMSO)

Lithograph on paper

H 102 x W 152.5 cm

Manchester Art Gallery

A Niger Fisherman

Nathaniel Lloyd and Co. Ltd (active c.1931–c.1975) and Her Majesty's Stationery Office (HMSO) and Gerald Spencer Pryse (1882–1957)

Lithograph on paper

H 102 x W 152.5 cm

Manchester Art Gallery

Argungu Fishing Festival

Michael Okah Agwu (1948–2016)

Oil on canvas

H 71 x W 81.5 cm

The Pitt Rivers Museum

Bust of an Oba

David Omoregie

Ebony

H 37 cm

University of Birmingham

Memorial Head* 19th C

unknown artist

Brass

H 47 x W 33 x D 33 cm

National Museums Scotland

Lakinle 20th C

unknown artist

Paint on canvas

H 55.8 x W 39.8 cm

Horniman Museum and Gardens

Dele Giwa 20th C

unknown artist

Paint on canvas

H 48.5 x W 33 cm

Horniman Museum and Gardens

Yoruba Woman, Nigeria 1961

Richard Procter Dugdale (1913–1989)

Oil on hardboard

H 46 x W 30.5 cm

The Oxford Centre for Methodism and Church History

Yoruba Offering Bowl

unknown artist

Wood, textile & glass beads

H 36 x W 30 x D 33 cm

Ilfracombe Museum

Boy Wearing a Fez 1830s

British School

Oil on board

H 25.4 x W 20 cm

Bristol Museums, Galleries & Archives

Yoruba Figure

unknown artist

Wood

H 28.5 x W 13.5 x D 10 cm

Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum

Court Attendant* 17th C–18th C

unknown artist

Brass & ivory

National Museums Scotland

Male Ancestral Figure* 19th C

unknown artist

Wood

H 61.6 cm

National Museums Scotland

Efik Carved Head

unknown artist

Wood, bone & reed

H 32 x W 15 x D 15 cm

Ilfracombe Museum

The Missionary Boy c.1805

William Etty (1787–1849)

Oil on millboard

H 64.1 x W 40.4 cm

York Museums Trust

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) 1859

Simeon Solomon (1840–1905)

Graphite on paper

H 14.7 x W 13.4 cm

The Fitzwilliam Museum

Fanny Eaton (1835–1924) 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

The Beloved ('The Bride') 1865–6

Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828–1882)

Oil on canvas

H 82.5 x W 76.2 cm

Tate

Louis Black (1820–1866)

James Irvine (1822–1889)

Oil on canvas

H 59 x W 41.5 cm

ANGUSalive

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

Melancholy Man 1936

Glyn Warren Philpot (1884–1937)

Oil on canvas

H 129.5 x W 74.2 cm

Brighton & Hove Museums

Man Thinking of Heaven 1937

Glyn Warren Philpot (1884–1937)

Oil on canvas

H 99 x W 76 cm

Brighton & Hove Museums

Model Standing against Blue Wall 1962

Craigie Ronald John Aitchison (1926–2009)

Oil on canvas

H 66 x W 55.9 cm

Tate

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

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 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 c.1873

Marianne North (1830–1890)

Oil on board

H 35 x W 25 cm

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Reaping Sugar Canes in the West Indies

Frank Newbould (1887–1951) and Waterlow and Sons Ltd (active 1810–1960s) and Her Majesty's Stationery Office (HMSO)

Lithograph on paper

H 102 x W 152.5 cm

Manchester Art Gallery

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

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

Rifleman Thaman Gurung (1924–1944), VC, 1st Battalion, 5th Royal Gurkha Rifles (Frontier Force) c.1945

Desmond Doig (1921–1983)

Oil on canvas

H 57 x W 43 cm

National Army Museum

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

Askari, Corporal of the 5th Kings African Rifles 1963

Gaby Remnant

Oil on canvas

H 70 x W 55 cm

Cheshire Military Museum

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

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

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

A 'Hottentot' Woman with Prominent Buttocks

unknown artist

Watercolour on paper (?)

H 27.6 x W 21.5 cm

Wellcome Collection

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

Portrait of an Enslaved Man

Gwynedd May Hudson (1881–c.1935)

Oil on canvas

H 62 x W 51 cm

Southend Museums

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

Elihu Yale with Members of his Family and an Enslaved Child c.1719

Johannes Verelst (1648–1734) (attributed to)

Oil on canvas

H 201.3 x W 235.6 cm

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 18th C

unknown artist

Lead

Sir John Soane’s Museum

Figure of an Enslaved African 19th C

unknown artist

Wood

H 190 cm

International Slavery Museum

Study of a Nude Woman 1820–1825

French School

Oil on canvas

H 55.9 x W 24.5 cm

The Fitzwilliam Museum

A Mulatto c.1933

Percy Shakespeare (1906–1943)

Oil on canvas

H 78 x W 65 cm

Dudley Museums Service

The Quadroon Girl exhibited 1872

Robert Gavin (1827–1883)

Oil on canvas

H 63.5 x W 76.5 cm

Dundee Art Galleries and Museums Collection (Dundee City Council)

OLAUDAH EQUIANO – African, slave, author, abolitionist 2006

Christy Symington (b.1962)

Bronze

H 80 x W 30 x D 25 cm

International Slavery Museum

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 – African, slave, author, abolitionist 2006

Christy Symington (b.1962)

Bronze

Parliamentary Art Collection

Liberty Sculpture

John C. Cook (b.1952)

Metal chains & straw/willow (?)

H 94 x W 191 x D 54 cm

International Slavery Museum

Sorting Tobacco Leaves

Clifford Hooper Rowe (1904–1989)

Oil on board

H 122 x W 61 cm

People's History Museum

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

Child in Pushchair 1970

Clifford Hooper Rowe (1904–1989)

Oil on board

H 64 x W 122 cm

People's History Museum

The Negress c.1933

Albert Abramovitz (1879–1963)

Woodcut on paper

H 18.5 x W 13.5 cm

Ben Uri Collection

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

Woman in Blue

Solomon Steel

Oil on canvas

H 89.5 x W 60 cm

The Hepworth Wakefield

Woman in Yellow

Thomas Greig (d.1973)

Oil on board

H 49 x W 38.5 cm

Hartlepool Museums and Heritage Service

Imogen 1938

Claude Rogers (1907–1979)

Oil on canvas

H 61 x W 45.5 cm

Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums

A Woman

Esther Blaikie Mackinnon (1885–1934)

Oil on canvas

H 51.2 x W 41 cm

Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums

Sokari Douglas Camp (b.1958) 2006

Sal Idriss (b.1970)

C-type colour print

H 37 x W 36.7 cm

National Portrait Gallery, London

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

Black Singer 1969

Clifford Hooper Rowe (1904–1989)

Oil on board

H 97 x W 152 cm

People's History Museum

The Hunted Slaves 1861

Richard Ansdell (1815–1885)

Oil on canvas

H 184 x W 308 cm

Walker Art Gallery

The Black Boy c.1844

William Lindsay Windus (1822–1907)

Oil on canvas

H 76.1 x W 63.5 cm

Walker Art Gallery

Egyptian Woman with Amphora

George Herbert Tyson Smith (1883–1972)

Bronze

H 14.7 cm

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

Sculptor at Work 1913

Alfred Aaron Wolmark (1877–1961)

Oil on canvas

H 91.9 x W 72 cm

Birmingham Museums Trust

Black Lady 1978

Mary Kempson

Oil on hardboard

H 54.1 x W 44 cm

Bassetlaw District Council

A Nubian Athlete 18th C

Italian School

Black marble

H 178 cm

Lady Lever Art Gallery

Jamaican Girl

Vera Alabaster (1889–1964)

Oil on canvas

H 49 x W 39.3 cm

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 Landscape 1952

John Minton (1917–1957)

Oil on canvas

H 82 x W 102 cm

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

Christiaan van Molhoop c.1795

Ozias Humphry (1742–1810)

Pastel on paper

H 72.5 x W 61 cm

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

In the House of My Father 1996–1997

Donald G. Rodney (1961–1998)

Chromogenic print on aluminium

H 122 x W 153 cm

Tate

Custard Apple (Annonaceae), Breadfruit (Moraceae), and Soursop (Annonaceae) 2021

Veronica Ryan (b.1956)

Marble & bronze

Guadaloupe Head 1928

Dora Gordine (1895–1991)

Bronze on fabric & wooden base

H 36 x W 23 x D 23 cm

Tate

South Africa 2003

Hannah Satchel (b.1980)

Oil on canvas

H 134 x W 270 cm

University of Surrey

Untitled 1996

Chris Ofili (b.1968)

Mixed media on canvas

H 7 x W 9 cm

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

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

Union Black 2003

Chris Ofili (b.1968)

Polyester

H 144.5 x W 259 cm

Tate

Chris Ofili 1991

Chris Ofili (b.1968)

Oil on canvas

H 101.9 x W 44.2 cm

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

Wanabe 1992

Chris Ofili (b.1968)

Oil & alkyd on canvas

H 182.8 x W 152 cm

Royal College of Art

Cleopatra 1992

Chris Ofili (b.1968)

Oil on canvas

H 70 x W 45 cm

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

Untitled 1992

Chris Ofili (b.1968)

Oil on canvas

H 198 x W 199 cm

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

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

Seated Queen with a Child

unknown artist

Wood

Horniman Museum and Gardens

Male Ntumpane Drummer

Osei Bonsu (1900–1977)

Wood & cloth

H 33 x W 10 x D 12 cm

Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge

Nana Prempeh

Osei Bonsu (1900–1977) (attributed to)

Wood & metal

H 25.5 x W 19.8 x D 7.5 cm

Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge

Man Playing a Drum*

Osei Bonsu (1900–1977) (attributed to)

Wood, pigment & cloth

H 42 x W 13.8 x D 11.4 cm

Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge

Female Figure Seated on a Throne

unknown artist

Wood & cotton

Horniman Museum and Gardens

Female Figure

unknown artist

Wood

H 43 x W 14 x D 11 cm

Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum

Nana Prempeh's Carrier of Mpompomsuo

Osei Bonsu (1900–1977)

Wood

H 40.5 x W 13 x D 16.5 cm

Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge

Woman Carrying a Baby on Her Back*

Osei Bonsu (1900–1977)

Wood

H 38 x W 13 x D 17 cm

Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge

Woman*

unknown artist

Wood & pigment

H 43.5 x W 10 x D 8.4 cm

Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge

Sankofa Bird*

unknown artist

Brass

H 4.8 x W 3 x D 2.6 cm

Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge

Standing Female Figure* 1972

unknown artist

Wood

Hackney Museum

Bird

Osei Bonsu (1900–1977) (school of)

Wood

H 28 x W 11.5 x D 20 cm

Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge

Fetish Man

Osei Bonsu (1900–1977)

Wood

H 30.4 x W 8 x D 10 cm

Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge

Akua'ba Figure

unknown artist

Wood & beads

H 30 x W 11.8 cm

Hatton Gallery

Male Shrine Figure

unknown artist

Wood

H 57 x W 7 x D 9 cm

Horniman Museum and Gardens

Male Figure with a Necklace

unknown artist

Wood & string

H 77 x W 27 x D 9 cm

Horniman Museum and Gardens

Crouching Figure 18th C

unknown artist

Stone

H 15 x W 6.5 cm

Nuneaton Museum and Art Gallery

UK School Report

Tam Joseph (b.1947)

Acrylic on canvas

H 75.9 x W 142 cm

Sheffield Museums

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

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

Ankledeep 1991

Lubaina Himid (b.1954)

Acrylic on canvas

H 152.4 x W 121.9 cm

Tate

1991, acrylic on canvas by Lubaina Himid (b.1954)

My Parents, Their Children 1986

Lubaina Himid (b.1954)

Acrylic & mixed media on canvas

H 151 x W 184 cm

Birmingham Museums Trust

Five 1991

Lubaina Himid (b.1954)

Acrylic on canvas

H 121.8 x W 152.3 cm

Leeds Museums and Galleries

The Tailor 2010

Lubaina Himid (b.1954)

Acrylic on paper

H 183 x W 102 cm

Manchester Art Gallery

Man in Paper Drawer

Lubaina Himid (b.1954)

Wood & paint

Rugby Art Gallery and Museum Art Collections

Drowned Orchard: Secret Boatyard 2014

Lubaina Himid (b.1954)

Acrylic paint on wood

H 300 x W 450 x D 100 cm

Tate

Invasion 1992

Lubaina Himid (b.1954)

Acrylic on canvas

H 213.5 x W 152.5 cm

Wolverhampton Arts and Heritage

Le Rodeur: The Pulley 2017

Lubaina Himid (b.1954)

Acrylic on canvas

H 183 x W 244 cm

Government Art Collection

2017, acrylic on canvas by Lubaina Himid (b.1954)

Hannibal's Sister 1989

Lubaina Himid (b.1954)

Acrylic on canvas

H 183 x W 183 cm

Harris Museum, Art Gallery & Library

The Dandy 2010

Lubaina Himid (b.1954)

Acrylic on paper

H 183 x W 102 cm

Manchester Art Gallery

Ikegobo to the Iyoba (Hand Altar to the Queen Mother) about late 18th C/early 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

African Scene* 1968

Sinclair

Oil on canvas

H 63 x W 90 cm

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

2019, oil & spray on canvas by Joy Labinjo (b.1994)

Alton Peters 1983

Craigie Ronald John Aitchison (1926–2009)

Oil on canvas

H 76 x W 63 cm

Government Art Collection

Couple

Lizzie Jones (b.1972)

Acrylic & wax on canvas

H 107.3 x W 112.8 cm

Southampton City Art Gallery

Black Man Walking 1929

Glyn Warren Philpot (1884–1937)

Bronze

H 83.2 x W 46.5 x D 20.3 cm

Ferens 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

A Young Black Man (?Francis Barber)

Joshua Reynolds (1723–1792) (manner of)

Oil on canvas

H 75.6 x W 87.9 cm

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

Head of a Black Man

Anthony van Dyck (1599–1641) (after)

Oil on canvas

H 47 x W 37 cm

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

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

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

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 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 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 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

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

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

Portrait of an Unknown Man

James Northcote (1746–1831) (attributed to)

Oil on canvas

H 90 x W 77 cm

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

Edith Annie Ibbs (1863–1937) and Salomon Trismosin (after)

Watercolour on paper (?)

H 40 x W 25.2 cm

Wellcome Collection

A Man and Two Women from Palau 1791

Spoilum (Guan Zuolin) (active 1765–1805)

Oil on canvas

British Museum

Cricket Man

John Heritage (1931–1994)

Oil on board

H 151 x W 213 cm

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

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

UGO 1954

Bryan Kneale (b.1930)

Oil on canvas

H 74 x W 54 cm

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

A Barotse Woman 1928

Neville Lewis (1895–1972)

Oil on panel

H 40.8 x W 30.4 cm

Manchester Art Gallery

Buck Clayton (1911–1991), Manchester Jazz Festival, 1963 1963

Brian Foskett (1940–2017)

Black & white photograph

H 16 x W 24 cm

National Jazz Archive

Chris Ofili (b.1968) 1989

Susan Thomas

Acrylic on canvas

H 76 x W 58 cm

Leicester Museums and Galleries

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

Le couple au ballon 1974

Niki de Saint Phalle (1930–2002)

Polyester, paint & steel

H 45 x W 46 x D 24 cm

Glasgow Life Museums

Ngairo Rakai Hikuroa 1878

Gottfried Lindauer (1839–1926)

Oil on canvas

H 96 x W 79.5 cm

The Pitt Rivers Museum

Platform Piece 1 1985

Kevin Atherton (b.1950) and A. & A. Sculpture Casting (active c.1978–c.1988)

Bronze

H 188 cm

Olive Morris 2020

Greg Bunbury (b.1976)

Large format print on paper

H 304.8 x W 609.6 cm

Black Outdoor Art

Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl of Harrington and Marcus Richard Fitzroy Thomas 1782

Joshua Reynolds (1723–1792)

Oil on canvas

H 236.2 x W 142.2 cm

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

Henry Thomas 1934–1935

Glyn Warren Philpot (1884–1937)

Oil on canvas

H 52.5 x W 36.4 cm

Pallant House Gallery

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

Pink Umbrella 2016

Robert Pugh

Multi-plate colour etching on paper

H 31 x W 25 cm

Scarborough Museums and Galleries

Boy Reading

Ajidasile Orisadipe

Thorn

H 8.7 x W 3.4 x D 3.4 cm

Stromness Museum

Boys Eating

Ajidasile Orisadipe

Silk cotton tree wood

H 6.8 x W 3.4 x D 3.8 cm

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 Museums and Galleries

Fulani Girl

Ben Enwonwu (1917–1994)

Ebony

H 33 x W 15 cm

Government Art Collection

Monotony 1948

Ben Enwonwu (1917–1994)

Oil on canvas

H 91 x W 71 cm

University of Chichester, Otter Gallery

Woman in a Red Dress c.1660–c.1669

Gabriel Metsu (1629–1667) (attributed to)

Oil on canvas & panel

H 23 x W 18 cm

National Trust, Polesden Lacey

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

Salon 1971

Richard Parsons (1925–2000)

Oil on board

H 83 x W 60 cm

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

A Black Woman 19th C

French School

Oil on canvas

H 81.3 x W 66.7 cm

The National Gallery, London

Untitled 1987

Claudette Johnson (b.1959)

Pastel & gouache on paper

H 151.4 x W 121.5 cm

Tate

Woman 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

De español y negra se produce un mulato c.1715

Juan Rodriguez Juarez (1675–1728) (attributed to)

Oil on canvas

H 104 x W 145 cm

Leicester Museums and Galleries

Pondo Girl exhibited 1947

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

Royal Museums Greenwich

Allegory III 1987

Amal Ghosh (b.1933)

Acrylic on canvas

H 127 x W 153 cm

Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre

Grace Nichols (b.1950) 2001

Maud Sulter (1960–2008)

Colour Polaroid print

H 82.3 x W 56 cm

National Portrait Gallery, London

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

Portrait of a Woman

Phyllis Purser (1893–1990)

Oil on canvas

H 61 x W 50.7 cm

Williamson Art Gallery & Museum

Henrietta Lacks (1920–1951) – More than a Cell 2021

Helen Wilson-Roe

Bronze

H 160 x W 100 x D 70 cm

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

Avant et après 1903

Paul Gauguin (1848–1903)

Traced monotype printed in black ink on wove paper, laid down on album page

H 29 x W 20.7 cm

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Study of Dancing Children 1966

Bill Cook

Oil on canvas

H 76 x W 61 cm

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

Dark Girl 1935

James Proudfoot (1908–1971)

Oil on canvas

H 50 x W 40 cm

The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery

Portrait of Hélène Yellin (or Yelin) 1923

William Patrick Roberts (1895–1980)

Oil on canvas

H 59 x W 48.5 cm

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

Missionary Position II 1985

Sonia Boyce (b.1962)

Watercolour, pastel and crayon on paper

H 123.8 x W 183 cm

Tate

African Woman c.1990

Li Koyongonoh

Oil on board

H 54 x W 45 cm

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

Reclining Woman 1924

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

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 Dorothy Kiddall (1888–1980)

Oil on wood

H 65.5 x W 49.5 cm

Bradford Museums and Galleries

Primavera in Africa 1946

Helen Dorothy 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 Dorothy Kiddall (1888–1980)

Oil on board

H 34 x W 24 cm

Colchester and Ipswich Museums Service: Ipswich Borough Council Collection

African Mother c.1950–c.1960

Helen Dorothy Kiddall (1888–1980)

Oil on board

H 32 x W 25 cm

Colchester and Ipswich Museums Service: Ipswich Borough Council Collection

Portrait of a Woman

Winifred Hope Thomson (1864–1944)

Oil on canvas

H 37 x W 28 cm

National Trust, Dorneywood

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

Judi 1974–1975

Craigie Ronald John Aitchison (1926–2009)

Oil on canvas

H 76 x W 68 cm

Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums

Nina with Flowers 1957

Jack Hughes

Oil on canvas

H 104 x W 84 cm

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

Nurse Brown

Irene Welburn (1910–2000)

Oil on canvas

H 66 x W 56 cm

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

Sibyl lybica

George Jamesone (1589/1590–1644)

Oil on canvas

H 75 x W 60 cm

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

African Woman with Child

unknown artist

Oil, sand & glitter on board

H 39.5 x W 26.5 cm

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

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

Mirror Image I

Ade Suberu (b.1968)

Mixed media on board

H 153 x W 107 cm

Wolverhampton Arts and Heritage

A Sudanese Fighter 1886

Arthur von Ferraris (1856–1936)

Oil on canvas

H 35.2 x W 28.5 cm

Guernsey Museums and Galleries

Nak Bejjen 2017

Khadija Saye (1992–2017)

Tintype on metal

H 24.3 x W 19.4 cm

Tate

Imogen c.1938

Frank Graham Bell (1910–1943)

Oil on canvas

H 45.7 x W 35.6 cm

Derby Museums

Figure in raw umber 2018

Claudette Johnson (b.1959)

Pastel on paper

H 153.5 x W 122 cm

Tate

Figure in Blue 2018

Claudette Johnson (b.1959)

Gouache & pastel on paper

H 163.5 x W 132.3 cm

Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre

Standing Figure with African Masks 2018

Claudette Johnson (b.1959)

Pastel and gouache on paper

H 151.5 x W 122 cm

Tate

Seated Figure 1 2017

Claudette Johnson (b.1959)

Pastel & gouache on paper

H 153.5 x W 113 cm

Tate

The National Windrush Monument 2022

Basil Watson (b.1958)

Bronze

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

Woman with Cowrie Shell Eyes* 19th C

unknown artist

Wood, cowrie shell & pigment

H 34.3 cm

National Museums Scotland

Man with Eyes of Obsidian* 1894 or before

unknown artist

Wood & obsidian

H 45.5 x W 8.5 x D 11.5 cm

National Museums Scotland

Standing Female* early 1840s

unknown artist

Wood, metal & glass

H 58.4 x W 11 x D 13 cm

National Museums Scotland

Woman with Beaded Apron*

unknown artist

Wood, glass & wire

H 63 x W 17 x D 13 cm

National Museums Scotland

Man with Elongated Body* late 19th C

unknown artist

Wood & shell

H 41 x W 10 x D 10 cm

National Museums Scotland

Ancestor Figure of a Man* late 19th–early 20th C

unknown artist

Wood, obsidian & bird bone

H 44.5 cm

National Museums Scotland

Woman with Flattened Body* 19th C

unknown artist

Wood, obsidian & bird bone

H 64.5 x W 14 x D 10.5 cm

National Museums Scotland

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

The Boxer: Anthony c.2018

David Caldwell (b.1977)

Oil on canvas

H 177 x W 129 cm

Girton College, University of Cambridge

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

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

A Girl from Afar

John Currie (1883–1914)

Oil on panel

H 44 x W 33 cm

The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery

First Portrait of Roma of Barbados 1932

Jacob Epstein (1880–1959)

Bronze

H 35.5 cm

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

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

Ira Aldridge as Othello, the Moor of Venice 1826

James Northcote (1746–1831)

Oil on canvas

H 76.2 x W 63.5 cm

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

Victoria and Albert Museum

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

Victoria and Albert Museum

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 1880–1881

Edouard Frederic Wilhelm Richter (1844–1913)

Oil on canvas

H 72 x W 87 cm

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

Dr Barry

T. Arts (Dr) (active 20th C)

Paint on canvas & wood

H 45.2 x W 35.5 cm

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

Portrait Bust of a Cambodian Woman 1936

Marguerite Milward (1873–1953)

Clay

Horniman Museum and Gardens

Portrait Bust of an African 1936

Marguerite Milward (1873–1953)

Clay

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

Fiyi Garbage

T. Arts (Dr) (active 20th C)

Pigment on paper

H 58 x W 53 cm

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

Figure of a Man before 1924

unknown artist

Wood

H 45.1 cm

Horniman Museum and Gardens

Power Figure Known as Nkisi

unknown artist

Wood, iron, glass, plant material & metal

H 36.2 x W 14.5 x D 13.5 cm

Horniman Museum and Gardens

Mary (Nativity Figure in African Dress)

Mama Flora Lagola Kamkuya

Pottery

H 23 x W 8.5 x D 13.5 cm

Horniman Museum and Gardens

Male Figure c.1928

unknown artist

Ebony & felt

H 44.3 x W 11.3 x D 10.5 cm

Horniman Museum and Gardens

Ibeji Figure: Adult Female with Blue Necklace late 19th C or early 20th C

unknown artist

Wood, glass & pigment

H 30.5 x W 9 x D 11 cm

Horniman Museum and Gardens

Male Figure

unknown artist

Wood

H 39.1 x W 10.5 x D 13 cm

Horniman Museum and Gardens

Herald (Nativity Figure)

Mama Flora Lagola Kamkuya

Pottery

H 31 x W 11 x D 8 cm

Horniman Museum and Gardens

Female Figure

unknown artist

Wood & paint

H 31 x W 8 x D 7 cm

Horniman Museum and Gardens

Female Figure

unknown artist

Wood

H 33.3 x W 7 x D 5 cm

Horniman Museum and Gardens

Male Ancestor Figure early 20th C

unknown artist

Wood

H 45.1 x W 8.3 x D 13.7 cm

Horniman Museum and Gardens

Two Squatting Men 1973

Rose Marshall (active 1973)

Wood

W 58.7 x D 14 cm

Horniman Museum and Gardens

Joseph (Nativity Figure)

Mama Flora Lagola Kamkuya

Pottery

H 25 x W 10.5 x D 11.5 cm

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

West Suffolk Heritage Service

Male Blolo Figure with Leopard* late 19th C–early 20th C

unknown artist

Wood & glass

H 47.5 x W 7 x D 17 cm

National Museums Scotland

Date Palm and Hut near Craigton, Jamaica c.1872

Marianne North (1830–1890)

Oil on board

H 25 x W 17 cm

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

Piper, 42nd Deoli Regiment, c.1914 c.1914

unknown artist

Oil on canvas

H 86.5 x W 43.5 cm

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

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

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

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)

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 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

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)

Ira Frederick Aldridge 1853

Miklós Barabás (1810–1898)

Lithograph on paper

H 44.2 x W 29.3 cm

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 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

African Queens

James Martin (1924–2006)

Oil on wood

H 27 x W 20 cm

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

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

African Portrait No. 2

Reginald Grenville Eves (1876–1941)

Oil on canvas

H 50 x W 39 cm

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

Bust of a Woman with Serpents 1973

Roger Hilton (1911–1975)

Charcoal & gouache on paper

H 56 x W 38.1 cm

Jerwood Collection

Agere Ifa of Kneeling Woman with Child* early 20th C

unknown artist

Wood

H 44.5 cm

National Museums Scotland

For Levi, Beware the Woman Dog and Her Babies 2021

Anya Paintsil (b.1993)

Acrylic, wool, human hair & synthetic hair on hessian

H 94 x W 86.4 cm

Glynn Vivian Art Gallery

Phullo Murmu

Marguerite Milward (1873–1953)

Plaster

H 36.7 x W 21 x D 19.3 cm

Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge

Jumni

Marguerite Milward (1873–1953)

Plaster

Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge

America, Does it Exist? 1985

Graham Durward (b.1956)

Oil on canvas

H 183.5 x W 168 cm

British Council Collection

Kuarke 1905

John Macallan Swan (1847–1910)

Oil on canvas

H 61 x W 39.8 cm

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

Madvi Mangli

Marguerite Milward (1873–1953)

Plaster

H 45.7 x W 29.7 x D 21.7 cm

Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge

The Girls 1962

Jacqueline Needham (b.1930)

Oil on board

H 60.5 x W 90.5 cm

Herbert Art Gallery & Museum

Cleopatra

Ayanda Mji (b.1970)

Polychrome & part glazed earthenware

H 45 x W 23 x D 23 cm

Royal Shakespeare Company Collection

Warm Shores 2022

Thomas J. Price (b.1981)

Bronze

H 275 cm

Female Figure

unknown artist

Wood

H 33 x D 7.6 cm

Horniman Museum and Gardens

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

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

The Yellow Turban c.1938

Henry Young Alison (1889–1972)

Oil on canvas

H 70.5 x W 55.5 cm

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

Self Portrait 2000

Barbara Walker (b.1964)

Oil on canvas

H 69 x W 69 cm

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

African Musicians 1939

Samuel Haile (1909–1948)

Oil on canvas

H 56 x W 76.2 cm

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

African Woman

unknown artist

Wood

H 33.5 x W 11 x D 12 cm

Hull Guildhall

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

Nurse's Station 1998

Anya Grzesik (b.1973)

Oil on board

H 100 x W 160 cm

Dorset County Hospital

From 'The Lovers' Series, Kampala Period, 1960s–1980s' c.1967

Jak Katarikawe (1940–2018)

Wax crayon on paper

H 82 x W 51 cm

Argyll and Bute Council

Oceanus 1928

David Evans (1893–1959)

Bronze

H 53 x W 32 x D 13 cm

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

Humankind I

Robin Philipson (1916–1992)

Oil, tissue & PVA on canvas

H 91.5 x W 121.8 cm

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

The Fishermen c.1965–1966

Louis Azaria Mbughuni (b.1940)

Oil on hardboard

H 50.7 x W 58 cm

Argyll and Bute Council

Untitled

Henry Tayali (1943–1987)

Oil on hardboard

H 45.7 x W 34.5 cm

Argyll and Bute Council

Dream and Refuge 2020

Michael Armitage (b.1984)

Seven colour lithograph on Somerset warm white velvet 400gsm paper

H 48.8 x W 23.5 cm

Jerwood Collection

Sangomas 1975

Lucky Sibiya (1942–1999)

Woodcut print

H 56 x W 41 cm

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

Head of Desirée 2000–2001

Nahem Shoa (b.1968)

Oil on canvas

H 121 x W 92 cm

Laing Art Gallery

Gbenga Sitting on the Stairs 2002

Nahem Shoa (b.1968)

Oil on canvas

H 60.8 x W 50.7 cm

Southampton City Art Gallery

Des (Desmond Haughton, b.1968) 1997

Nahem Shoa (b.1968)

Oil on canvas

H 57.5 x W 50 cm

Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery

Desmond Haughton 2003

Nahem Shoa (b.1968)

Oil on canvas

H 37 x W 27.5 cm

Atkinson Art Gallery Collection

Giant Head of Gbenga 2000–2001

Nahem Shoa (b.1968)

Oil on canvas

H 118 x W 105 cm

Herbert Art Gallery & Museum

Desmond Haughton, with Red Jumper 1997

Nahem Shoa (b.1968)

Oil on canvas

H 48 x W 45.5 cm

Southampton City Art Gallery

Head of Liz 1997

Nahem Shoa (b.1968)

Oil on canvas

H 80 x W 63 cm

Herbert Art Gallery & Museum

Gbenga Ilumoka Wearing a Red Top 1998

Nahem Shoa (b.1968)

Oil on canvas

H 60 x W 50.7 cm

Hatton Gallery

Giant Head of Gbenga in Profile 2003

Nahem Shoa (b.1968)

Oil on canvas

H 121.9 x W 121.9 cm

Sheffield Museums

Gbenga

Nahem Shoa (b.1968)

Oil on canvas

H 59 x W 49.5 cm

The Box, Plymouth

Self Portrait 2007

Desmond Haughton (b.1968)

Oil on canvas

H 79 x W 46 cm

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

Self Portrait in a Yellow Waistcoat 1993

Desmond Haughton (b.1968)

Facsimile

H 81.3 x W 45.7 cm

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

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

Malorie Blackman (b.1962) 2001

Maud Sulter (1960–2008)

Colour Polaroid print

H 81.9 x W 56 cm

National Portrait Gallery, London

Bra 2003

Zanele Muholi (b.1972)

Photograph, gelatin silver print on paper

H 27.5 x W 27.3 cm

Tate

MuMu XIX, London 2019

Zanele Muholi (b.1972)

Silver gelatin print

H 100 x W 100 cm

Hiscox Collection

ID Crisis 2003

Zanele Muholi (b.1972)

Photograph, gelatin silver print on paper

H 35.3 x W 48 cm

Tate

Aftermath 2004

Zanele Muholi (b.1972)

Photograph, gelatin silver print on paper

H 59.9 x W 39.2 cm

Tate

Ordeal 2003

Zanele Muholi (b.1972)

Photograph, gelatin silver print on paper

H 63.2 x W 69.5 cm

Tate

In-security 2003

Zanele Muholi (b.1972)

Photograph, gelatin silver print on paper

H 48.2 x W 33.2 cm

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

Somnyama IV, Oslo 2015

Zanele Muholi (b.1972)

Photograph, gelatin silver print on paper

H 99.4 x W 83 cm

Tate

Condor and the Mole 2011

Lynette Yiadom-Boakye (b.1977)

Oil on canvas

H 230 x W 250 cm

Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre

L'Ortolan 2011

Lynette Yiadom-Boakye (b.1977)

Oil on canvas

H 95 x W 85 cm

Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre

Alibi for Crude 2014

Lynette Yiadom-Boakye (b.1977)

Oil on canvas

H 59.7 x W 55.2 cm

Hiscox Collection

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

The Generosity 2010

Lynette Yiadom-Boakye (b.1977)

Oil paint on canvas

H 180 x W 200 cm

Tate

XI 2012

Lynette Yiadom-Boakye (b.1977)

Etching on Somerset soft white velvet 300gsm

H 37.8 x W 28.3 cm

Yale Center for British Art

IX 2012

Lynette Yiadom-Boakye (b.1977)

Etching on Somerset soft white velvet 300gsm

H 37.8 x W 28.3 cm

Yale Center for British Art

XX 2012

Lynette Yiadom-Boakye (b.1977)

Etching on Somerset soft white velvet 300gsm

H 37.8 x W 28.3 cm

Yale Center for British Art