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Costentenus, Captain, active approximately 1882-1886.

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Images featuring Costentenus, Captain, active approximately 1882-1886.

5 images from works
  • [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].
  • Captain Costentenus, a man with many tattooes on his body. Colour lithograph.
  • Captain Costentenus, a man with tattooes all over his body. Colour line block.

Works from the collections

4 works

    • Pictures
    • Online

    Captain Costentenus, a man with tattooes all over his body. Colour line block.

    | Date: [1881?] | Reference: 38987i
    • Pictures
    • Online

    Captain Costentenus, a man with many tattooes on his body. Colour lithograph.

    | Reference: 38986i
    • Ephemera
    • Online

    [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].

    | Date: 1881
    • Ephemera
    • Online

    [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].

    | Date: 1881

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Tattooing

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