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Captain Georges Costententus, The Tattooed Man at the Royal Aquarium in London, 1881. George Costentenus (born 1833 in Albania, then part of the Ottoman Empire) was a circus performer and travelling attraction who was tattooed over his entire body. He claimed to have been kidnapped by Chinese Tartars and tattooed against his will. He was managed by Signor Guillermo Farini, a.k.a William Hunt.

Date

1881

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/City of London : The London Archives

Notre référence

HRM25A13_416

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NA

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NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

40,2Mo (3,2Mo) / 30,0cm x 33,5cm / 3548 x 3956 (300dpi)

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