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[Undated handbill (December 1881) for the Royal Aquarium advertising Farini's (William Hunt) wonder of wonders, the tattooed Captain Georges Costentenus and the Leopard Boy].

[Newspaper cutting titled: New wonders at the Royal Aquarium (November 1881?) in Mr. Farini's (William Hunt) Gallery. These are Captain Georges Costentenus and the Leopard Boy].

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[Newspaper cutting titled: New wonders at the Royal Aquarium (November 1881?) in Mr. Farini's (William Hunt) Gallery. These are Captain Georges Costentenus and the Leopard Boy].

[Undated handbill (December 1881) for the Royal Aquarium advertising Farini's (William Hunt) wonder of wonders, the tattooed Captain Georges Costentenus and the Leopard Boy].