Portrait of a Tattooed Man - Charles Eisenmann Framed Canvas

Charles Eisenmann (1855–1927) was the flamboyant lens of New York’s Bowery, turning cabinet cards into the social media of the Gilded Age. Born in Germany and trained in New Orleans, he rose to fame in the 1880s with portraits that blurred the line between spectacle and society. His studio at 229 Bowery captured circus legends like Jojo the Dog-Faced Boy, Myrtle Corbin, and Major Tom Thumb, while also photographing celebrities such as Mark Twain and Annie Oakley. Famed for both “humbugs” and authentic anomalies, Eisenmann chronicled Victorian curiosity with theatrical flair before fading into obscurity as photographic technology and tastes shifted.

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