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Newspaper ‘Picture Post’, Volume 53, number 11, 15th December 1951. P18-19 - Article titled 'Aldershot Tattoo' about Jessie Knight, including images of Jessie tattooing females in uniform, and women admiring Jessie’s back tattoo.
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
F2021.21.391
Measurements
Length
(mm): 335
Width
(mm): 258
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