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Tattoo flash
Knight, Jessie
(Tattoo artist)
Tattoo flash on card. Four ink drawings of women, including a woman leaning on a lamppost.
Four ink drawings, including a devil and women on the other side, and two pencil sketches (a horse and a cherub)
Collection Area
Social & Cultural History
Item Number
F2021.21.147
Historical Associations
Associated Person/Body: Knight, Jessie
Association Type: Tattoo artist
Creation/Production
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): 251
Width
(mm): 215
Material
Card
Ink
Location
In store
Classification
TATTOOINGComments are currently unavailable. We apologise for the inconvenience.