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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.)
Flyer with the text, ‘Tattoo Artist FIRST CLASS EXPERT FREEHAND JESSIE OF MANY YEARS EXPERIENCE KNOWN THE WORLD OVER ‘Jessie’ Charlotte Street, Portsmouth’. Near GOLDEN BELL’
There is a drawing on the reverse of a couple dancing.
Collection Area
Social & Cultural History
Item Number
F2021.21.125
Creation/Production
Knight, Jessie
Date:
Acquisition
Purchase, 1/3/2021
Measurements
Length
(mm): 205
Width
(mm): 138
Techniques
printing
Material
paper
ink
Location
In store
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