GBB-F-006279-0000 1880 ca, NEW YORK, USA: CAPTAIN GEORGE COSTENTENUS (born in 1833, Souli, Epyrus, Greece-dead after 1894) pirate and adventurer, was a very celebrated man with many tattooes on his body who tourned around Europe and United Stated whit more success in Vaudeville and FREAKS SHOW or CIRCUS. This pubblicity poster wrote what the agent Farini present in USA at Royal Aquarium Theatre the Captain Costentenus, a Greek Albanian man tattooed from head to foot with 388 blue animals. In 1875 arrive in USA and 2 years later was one of fabolous attractions of PT BARNUM CIRCUS. Also know like Djordgi Konstantinus and Georgius Constantine. In reality Costentenus survive with two others sailors but were punished by tattooing at Bhamo, in Burma, why hostile at government. Escaped in China, Manila, Hong Kong, Suez and Vienna. In the early 1870s while in Vienna, he attracted the attention of medical professionals and anthropologists. Costentenus began to exhibit himself in western Europe. In October 1874, Costentenus was exhibiting himself in Paris at Folies Bergère Credit: © ARCHIVIO GBB / Archivi Alinari WARNING: Permission must be required for non editorial use. Please contact Alinari Archives Collection: © ARCHIVIO GBB / Archivi Alinari Object type: digital image Photographic technique: P digital image Technical info Image sizes (pixel): 2584 X 7202 Image sizes (cm at 300 dpi): 21 X 60 Image sizes (MB): 8.63 Color space: RGB