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Photograph (print)
Black and white photograph of seated woma's legs showing ankle tattoo. Handwritten note on back: "7205 Tattooed by Hans Ullrich, Bielefeld/Germany
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.
Collection Area
Social & Cultural History
Item Number
F2021.21.740
Historical Associations
Associated Person/Body: Knight, Jessie
Association Type: Owner
Acquisition
Purchase, 1/3/2021
Techniques
Black and white (photograph)
Material
Paper (photographic)
Location
In store
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