One of the very best

This one's called 'The Banjo Lesson'. It's by Henry Ossawa Tanner, who is considered "the most distinguished African-American artist of the 19th Century." He painted it in 1893. here he is:

And here's another painting by him: Interior with Woman Spinning and GW Bush looking over her shoulder. It's quite the fantasy of the powerless president contentedly watching as time goes spinning by...