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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. Red painted image on paper. Three feathers insignia with text ‘ICH DIEN’/ ‘10th ROYAL HUSSARS’. ‘Elizabeth Shaw’ written in pencil on top of the paper.
Various paint smears underneath the image.
Collection Area
Social & Cultural History
Item Number
F2021.21.609
Creation/Production
Knight, Jessie
Date:
Acquisition
Purchase, 1/3/2021
Measurements
Length
(mm): 176
Width
(mm): 131
Techniques
drawing
painted
Material
paper
ink
paint
Location
In store
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