Portrait of Tattooed Man - Charles Eisenmann Framed Canvas

$105USD

Museum-quality float framed canvas. Three distinctive frame colors — delivered ready to hang. Non-toxic pigment inks. Art stays bold & breathtaking for up to 100 years.

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★★★★★ "Even better in person." — Orrin
★★★★★ "Wrapped with true concern and love." — Steven
★★★★★ "Arrived promptly and great quality." — Anthony
★★★★★ "Even better in person." — Orrin
★★★★★ "Wrapped with true concern and love." — Steven
★★★★★ "Arrived promptly and great quality." — Anthony
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Make any room a showpiece
Luscious artist-grade cotton canvas
Finely textured for depth and precision
Hand-stretched and natural white
Captures light/color with striking clarity
Printed with non-toxic, water-based pigments
Giclee printing keeps art vivid for decades
Precisely measured floating frame
Sleek and gallery-worthy
Sustainably sourced FSC® wood
Certified European knotless pine
About the Artwork

In Charles Eisenmann’s sepia portrait, a bearded sitter gazes away from the lens, his chest and arms transformed into a living archive of ink. Steamships, cannons, flags, and architectural fantasies overlap in dense layers, creating a tableau of late-Victorian spectacle.

Eisenmann, famed for photographing tattooed performers and circus personalities, captured this body as both portrait and exhibition, merging photography with sideshow culture. Every etched emblem speaks of mobility, warfare, patriotism, and urban mythologies of the Gilded Age.

The muted tonality heightens the drama, revealing tattoo history at a moment when ink was scandalous and alluring. This framed canvas carries the grit of Bowery studios, the allure of dime museums, and the charged intimacy of skin inscribed as narrative surface.

Non-toxic Giclee Printing

Giclée Printing

Giclée Printing

Forget 4 color CMYK. Giclée layers up to 12 — alive with deeper shadows, richer highlights and multidimensional contrasts.

A Century of Color

Printed using a pro-lab process that helps art stay bold & breathtaking for up to 100 years with non-toxic, archival-grade inks.

Water-based Inks

Neo pigment, water-based inks that are 100% non-hazardous and toxin-free. Meeting the strictest industry standards as defined by Oeko-Tex 100 safety applications, Residues Standard List (RSL) and the American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists.

Artist Biography

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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Your new treasure gets produced after you purchase at print labs across the USA, UK, EU & AUS. Significantly minimising landfill waste by only making things people actually want.

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USA: 4-9 days • Canada: 5-12 days • UK: 4-9 days • Europe: 5-10 days • Australia: 4-9 days • NZ: 5-12 days • Rest of the world: 3-4 weeks

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A Century of Color

Pro-lab printing helps your art stay bold & breathtaking for up to 100 yr with non-toxic, archival-grade inks.

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Premium 400gsm canvas

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Produced & shipped in 3-4 days

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Archival cotton canvas rolls icon

Premium 400gsm canvas

Floating frame canvas icon

Elegant floating frame

wood, white, & black.

3 chic color choices

Gold star art paper icon

Museum-grade giclee printing

FSC Certified Icon - Trees

FSC® certified wood

Lush, vibrant water-based ink drop icon

Luxe water-based inks

Ethical tool icon set

Brand new, just for you

Shipping time icon - copper alarm clock

Produced & shipped in 3-4 days

Carbon neutral shipping icon

Shipped carbon neutral

Sustainable Development Goals icon

3 good deeds in every purchase

Brand New, Just for You

I only produce what you truly want. All the wall art you find here is made to order. Handcrafted after you purchase by specialists at print labs around the world. Meaning your wall art gets delivered faster with less carbon emissions and landfill waste.

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