Portrait of Tattooed Man - Charles Eisenmann Framed Canvas
Description
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.
About the Canvas
Make any room a showpiece
• Luscious artist-grade cotton canvas, finely textured for depth and precision.
• Hand-stretched and natural white to capture light/color with striking clarity.
• Printed with non-toxic, water-based pigments that stay vivid for decades.
• Precisely measured floating frame that creates a sleek, gallery-worthy effect.
• Sustainably sourced FSC® certified European knotless pine.
3 distinctive frame colors
Black: Suits every style from bold modernity to gothic opulence.
White: Helps art shine bright in dark rooms to lift your mood.
Natural: Infuses warmth with its rich, honeyed tones.
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About the Artist
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Only the Best Will Do
Artist-grade cotton with lush, finely grained texture. Engineered to capture every intricate brushstroke and subtle gradient.
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 yr with non-toxic, archival-grade inks.
