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Tattoo flash
Knight, Jessie
(Tattoo artist)
Tattoo flash. Pen and pencil drawings on paper. Female figure in corset and heels. Rough drawing of female with hula hoop and text ‘TOBACCO’. Rough drawings on reverse: female face and thistle in oval wearing highland hat, and sketch of bird and flowers.
Collection Area
Social & Cultural History
Item Number
F2021.21.621
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): 356
Width
(mm): 254
Techniques
Drawing
Pen and ink
Pencil
Material
Paper
Ink
Location
In store
Classification
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