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Tattoo flash
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.)
Pencil drawing on thick paper of snake and eagle. Brown paint marks on paper. On reverse: pencil drawing of female and text ‘Tobacco’ in bottom right corner.
Collection Area
Social & Cultural History
Item Number
F2021.21.652
Creation/Production
Knight, Jessie
Date:
Acquisition
Purchase, 1/3/2021
Measurements
Length
(mm): 347
Width
(mm): 254
Techniques
drawing
pencil
Material
paper
paint
Location
In store
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