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Photograph (print)
Black and white photograph of female (Jessie Knight?) sitting, holding tattoo needle with various flash behind her. Stamp on reverse: BILL SKUSE Tattoo Artist 15 HIGH STREET ALDERSHOT HANTS, ENGLAND
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
F2021.21.225
Historical Associations
Associated Person/Body: Knight, Jessie
Association Type: Tattoo artist
Acquisition
Purchase, 1/3/2021
Measurements
Length
(mm): 128
Width
(mm): 91
Techniques
Black and white (photograph)
Material
Paper (photographic)
Location
In store
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