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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. Featuring three images of female pirates in pink top, blue shorts, and hat with skull and crossbones. Signed ‘Jessie Knight, Tattoo Artist, Charlotte St, Portsmouth’.
Drawing on the reverse of three nude women, with the text, ‘ The Eternal Question.’
Collection Area
Social & Cultural History
Item Number
F2021.21.102
Creation/Production
Knight, Jessie
Date:
Acquisition
Purchase, 1/3/2021
Measurements
Length
(mm): 222
Width
(mm): 331
Material
card
paint
ink
Location
In store
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