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Tattooed people

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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].
  • [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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Catalogue

    • Books

    Informed consent and trauma aware tattooing : practical guidelines for artists / written by Tamara Santibañez in collaboration with the Women's Prison Association.

    Santibañez, Tamara | Date: [2019]
    • Books

    Adornment : what self-decoration tells us about who we are / Stephen Davies.

    Davies, Stephen, 1950- | Date: 2020
    • Books

    Pen & ink : tattoos & the stories behind them / Isaac Fitzgerald, Wendy MacNaughton ; introduction by Cheryl Strayed.

    Fitzgerald, Isaac | Date: [2014]
    • Books

    Tattoo stories. Issue two.

    | Date: 2000-2099
    • Pictures

    Guam: a woman holding a bowl and a man holding a staff. Etching by Prot after J. Arago.

    Arago, Jacques, 1790-1855. | Date: [between 1827 and 1839?] | Reference: 3215608i
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