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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. Beach scene with palm tree and Native American semi-nude female.
Various sketches on reverse, including colour image of cow jumping over moon / devil with pitchfork, and female figure with fans. There is also a list of countries in pencil -’Gibralta, Malta, Italy, France, Scicily, India, Cylon, Phillpines, Pakistan, Norway’
Collection Area
Social & Cultural History
Item Number
F2021.21.540
Creation/Production
Knight, Jessie
Date:
Acquisition
Purchase, 1/3/2021
Measurements
Length
(mm): 255
Width
(mm): 328
Material
card
ink
Location
In store
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