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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.)
Painting of ship with the words, ‘ROYAL NAVY’. Other images in the painting include two dolphins, Union Jacks, leeks, thistle, Irish clovers and an English rose.
A pencil drawing is on the reverse.
Collection Area
Social & Cultural History
Item Number
F2021.21.51
Creation/Production
Knight, Jessie
Date:
Acquisition
Purchase, 1/3/2021
Measurements
Length
(mm): 340
Width
(mm): 325
Material
card
paint
ink
Location
In store
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