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Knight, Jessie (Jessie Knight was the first prominent female tattooist in the UK. She took over her father's tattoo shop in Barry aged 18 in 1927 and went on to prominence whilst working in Chatham, Portsmouth and Aldershot. She returned to Barry in 1968, and continued to work there as a tattoo artist into the 1980s.)

Tattoo shop sign on card written by Jessie Knight with text: NOTICE STRICTLY PROHIBITED TO WOMEN (AND LADS UNDER THE AGE OF SIXTEEN "JESSIE" NO TO TATTOOS ON HANDS

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Social & Cultural History

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F2021.21.184

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Knight, Jessie

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Purchase, 1/3/2021

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Length (mm): 254

Width (mm): 254

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In store-room

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