Vintage Portrait of a Black Man Smoking a Cigar - 19th-Century Illustration #55231 (License: Personal Use)

This hand-colored lithograph from the mid-1800s portrays a Black man in elegant profile, his gaze directed leftward while smoking a cigar. He wears a richly patterned orange-and-white striped shawl draped over his shoulders, suggesting status or ceremonial significance. The soft vignette background and fine line work reflect European printmaking conventions applied to ethnographic or allegorical subjects of the era.

Used in historical archives, museum exhibits, or educational articles on 19th-century race representation, colonial imagery, or African diaspora portraiture; serves users researching visual culture, art history, or anti-racist historiography.