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Sheet of lined paper with three coloured images of birds cut out and stuck on. From a collection formerly belonging to tattoo artist Jessie Knight
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.
Collection Area
Social & Cultural History
Item Number
F2021.21.637
Acquisition
Purchase, 1/3/2021
Measurements
Length
(mm): 207
Width
(mm): 128
Material
paper
Location
In store
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