National Humanities Center
National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Business, Making of African American Identity: V. 2
A painting and an appeal that explore the role business played in black uplift in nineteenth-century America. This resource focuses on the work of Edward Bannister (1828-1901), one of the leading black painters of the nineteenth century.
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian American Art Museum: Edward Mitchell Bannister
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, this site provides very brief biographical information on Edward Mitchell Bannister in addition to an extensive listing of his works as displayed at the museum.