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Tattoo flash

Knight, Jessie (Tattoo artist)

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

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Associated Person/Body: Knight, Jessie

Association Type: Tattoo artist

Place: Portsmouth

Creation/Production

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.

Role: Tattoo artist

Acquisition

Purchase, 1/3/2021

Measurements

Length (mm): 222

Width (mm): 331

Material

Card

Paint

Ink

Location

In store-room

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