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Tattoo flash
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.)
Tattoo flash on card. Colour drawing of woman in cowboy hat with a gun on a horse and the text, HELL FOR LEATHER. Three images of women on the other side. Signed on both sides, ‘Miss J Knight’.
Three images of women, including a flamenco dancer, semi-nude female in hula skirt, and female in kimono holding a parasol and fan.
Collection Area
Social & Cultural History
Item Number
F2021.21.134
Creation/Production
Knight, Jessie
Date:
Acquisition
Purchase, 1/3/2021
Measurements
Length
(mm): 253
Width
(mm): 326
Material
card
paint
ink
plastic
Location
In store
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