Advertisement: Captain Costentenus, the Greek Albanian

Advertisement featuring Captain Costentenus, the Greek Albanian, tattooed from head to foot in Chinese Tartary as punishment for engaging in rebellion against the King. The advertisement features a detailed upper body portrait of Captain Costentenus showing him with dark hair parted in the center and a very full beard, his skin covered in dark tattoos of various wild animals. The designs include lions and other wild cats, elephants, serpents, and various types of birds, with red dots creating patterns in the spaces between the animals. Captain Costentenus was completely tattooed except for the soles of his feet. He was promoted as having suffered the head to toe tattooing as a punishment at the hands of Chinese captors, but the story was fabricated. Costentenus was considered a medical curiosity in his day and was probably more heavily tattooed than any other person in his time period.