George Caleb Bingham: The Jolly Flatboatmen in Port, oil, 1857.

Thomas Eakins: Negro Boy Dancing, watercolor, 1878.

Dox Thrash: Harmonica Blues, 1937-8, a "carborundum print" – a technique developed by the artist himself.

Margaret Burroughs: The Folksinger – Big Bill - a linoleum print, 1996.

R. Crumb: Heroes of the Blues - a series of 36 portraits of country blues musicians originally designed for trading cards, 1980.

R. Crumb: Blues - a series of 12 prints, 2002.