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Tattoo flash

Knight, Jessie (Tattoo artist)

Tattoo flash. Two images, including an eagle and skull with snakes. Three images of horseshoes, including a depiction of a woman with a horse in a horseshoe with the text, ‘Sweet Meat’, on the other side. Contained in folder F2021.21.117.20

Tattoo flash
Image: © Neil Hopkin Thomas/Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
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Collection Area

Social & Cultural History

Item Number

F2021.21.117.16

Historical Associations

Associated Person/Body: Knight, Jessie
Association Type: Tattoo artist

Creation/Production

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.
Role: Tattoo artist

Acquisition

Purchase, 1/3/2021

Measurements

Length (mm): 280
Width (mm): 108

Material

Card
Paint
Ink
Plastic

Location

In store-room
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