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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.)
Tattoo flash on card. Three images, including a woman in gypsy style clothing with a horse and the text ‘Sugar’.
Text on flash reads ‘For chest or shoulder blade / Designed for the round of the shoulder / Forearm Four women, some semi-nude, wearing sashes with text ‘Scotland’/ ‘England’/ ‘Wales’, ‘Ireland’ on the other side.
Collection Area
Social & Cultural History
Item Number
F2021.21.144
Creation/Production
Knight, Jessie
Date:
Acquisition
Purchase, 1/3/2021
Measurements
Length
(mm): 202
Width
(mm): 278
Material
card
paint
ink
plastic
Location
In store
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