Charles Eisenmann

There will be no review of photographer Charles Eisenmann as it has already been done many times on the net. This page will just be for a small collection of cabinet cards that still show his studio imprint. These cabinet cards were printed for promotional purposes and as such, many copies can be found in various collections.

There are many accountings of the works of Charles Eisenmann available. Here are a few:
Fstoppers
naruyama.com
The International Center of Photography
Historic Camera
Things&Ink
cvltnation.com
gallery-naruyama.com

photographer: Charles Eisenmann
New York, NY
example from auction site

Surviving examples of the work of Charles Eisenmann show that he specialized in promotional photographs of circus performers and other actors. The Sutherland sisters were associated with Barnum and Bailey circus for about ten years.

There is a brief accounting of the Seven Sutherland Sisters HERE.

Some Eisenmann examples on this page have been enhanced for their presentation here. Many existing copies are in very poor condition. Most examples here are from auction sites.

Apparently many of the poses were re-printed several times on different occasions. Here is one of the same photographs mounted on the cabinet card with the studio imprint on the right.

reverse of card at left

These two are unidentified but were probably part of the Sutherland Sisters portrait session.

Another example of a print repeated at a different time on a different style card

Four cards, three different styles

photographer: Eisenmann
New York
example from contributor

photographer: Eisenmann
New York
example from contributor

This group portrait was probably done originally by Charles Eisenmann as it appears to be part of the series on Sutherland Sisters. The negatives appear to have been passed around to other photographers for re-printing as needed.

This one shows no studio or photographer identification.

CDV example from auction site

Not the one you were looking for? Here's the photographer's INDEX by name. All the Cabinet Card photographers of the 19th century found in LOST GALLERY are listed there.

Cabinet cards typically have the photographer’s name and address printed on the bottom edge or the reverse of the card. 19th century photographers moved around a lot. The basic idea here is to find WHEN a photographer was WHERE, which will help date an unidentified CABINET CARD from your family album.

This is a work always in progress.

Aditional information and New examples are always welcome. Any additional information will help narrow the time that these precious antiques were made.

All submissions should be free of glare and shadows.
Do not crop.
Leave a border around each card. The edges are sometimes an important clue to the age of the card.
Email to the address found in the profile at the bottom of this page.

Some examples on this page have been enhanced or restored for clarity and presentation here.

This page is free for educational and research purposes only but, as always, if the original owner of any of these examples objects to the use on this page, just let me know and they will be immediately removed.