This promotional poster for London’s Royal Aquarium features Captain Costentenus, “tattooed from head to foot in Chinese Tartary, as punishment for engaging in rebellion against the king.” Costentenus was the first to display a full-body tattoo, encompassing his entire anatomy, save for the soles of his feet. He was likely the most heavily tattooed man of the 19th century.
(Image by the Wellcome Library, London (CC BY 4.0).)
