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Tattoo flash
Knight, Jessie
(Tattoo artist)
Tattoo flash. Two images of women with sharks, one is nude and one is a mermaid. Image of a nude woman with a dragon on the other side. Contained in folder F2021.21.117.20
Collection Area
Social & Cultural History
Item Number
F2021.21.117.13
Historical Associations
Associated Person/Body: Knight, Jessie
Association Type: Tattoo artist
Creation/Production
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.
Role: Tattoo artist
Acquisition
Purchase, 1/3/2021
Measurements
Length
(mm): 280
Width
(mm): 108
Material
Card
Paint
Ink
Plastic
Location
In store
Classification
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