Casgliadau Arlein
Amgueddfa Cymru
Chwilio Uwch
Tattoo flash
Knight, Jessie
(Tattoo artist)
Flash on card. Images include female in uniform, female wearing Union Jack flag, female in swimming costume, female with snake, couple with the text ‘Sweet Hearts, Alice & Percy’, .
Other images include skull with snake and bottle, anchor / flag with text ‘Freedom’ and cross with flowers with text ‘In Memory of my Dear Father’. Pencil drawing of a ship on the reverse
Pwnc
Bywyd Gwerin
Rhif yr Eitem
F2021.21.80
Historical Associations
Associated Person/Body: Knight, Jessie
Association Type: Tattoo artist
Creu/Cynhyrchu
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.
Rôl: Tattoo artist
Derbyniad
Purchase, 1/3/2021
Mesuriadau
Meithder
(mm): 216
Lled
(mm): 260
Deunydd
Card
Paint
Ink
Lleoliad
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