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Black and white photograph of a man with an eagle tattoo on his chest, and several others on his arms including a butterfly, swallow, and dice. (F20212.21.189 is similar)
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
F2021.21.190
Measurements
Length
(mm): 214
Width
(mm): 161
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