Skull Wearing a Wreath of Flowers - Thomas Satterwhite Noble Framed Canvas

$90USD

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 this macabre elegy, Noble unites anatomy and ephemerality. The skull tilts within shadow, pale ochres meeting the slow rot of pigment, its crown of fading blossoms performing a ritual of farewell. Texture matters here—dense impasto near the temple, translucent glazes catching the last gleam of vermilion petals.

The image breathes vanitas and Romantic introspection, echoing Géricault’s cadavers and the somber realism of Cincinnati’s postbellum painters. The flowers cling to bone like memory to ruin. Death is not spectacle, but stasis—light rehearsing its final act over the relics of life.

Non-toxic Giclee Printing

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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.

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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

Thomas Satterwhite Noble (1835–1907) was an American painter and educator whose art wrestled with the moral scars of his era. Born on a Kentucky plantation, he studied under Thomas Couture in Paris before fighting for the Confederacy—a contradiction that later fueled his haunting anti-slavery canvases. His series—The Last Sale of the Slaves (1865), John Brown’s Blessing (1866), The Modern Medea (1867), and The Price of Blood (1868)—confronted America’s conscience with unflinching realism and psychological depth. As founding head of Cincinnati’s McMicken School of Design (now the Art Academy of Cincinnati), Noble bridged moral outrage and artistic discipline, transforming personal reckoning into public reflection.

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

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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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