Thread: Absolutely adore these photos of a clearly awesome woman getting inked by the even more awesome Jessie Knight, Britain’s first female tattoo artist. Knight began tattooing at just 18 years old in 1922, continuing professionally through the 1960s, though it’s said... 1/3
Thread: Absolutely adore these photos of a clearly awesome woman getting inked by the even more awesome Jessie Knight, Britain’s first female tattoo artist. Knight began tattooing at just 18 years old in 1922, continuing professionally through the 1960s, though it’s said... 1/3
Thread: Absolutely adore these photos of a clearly awesome woman getting inked by the even more awesome Jessie Knight, Britain’s first female tattoo artist. Knight began tattooing at just 18 years old in 1922, continuing professionally through the 1960s, though it’s said... 1/3
Thread: Absolutely adore these photos of a clearly awesome woman getting inked by the even more awesome Jessie Knight, Britain’s first female tattoo artist. Knight began tattooing at just 18 years old in 1922, continuing professionally through the 1960s, though it’s said... 1/3
2/3 she continued to ink friends and family until she passed away in 1994. Knight was incredibly successful, winning awards for her pieces and running multiple studios. There isn’t a ton of information about Knight out there, but what is out there is fantastic. She was...
3/3 ...only 4 ft tall, as a teen she worked as a sharpshooter and stunt horseback rider in the circus, and later escaped an abusive marriage by shooting her husband (only injuring him, which as a sharpshooter must have been intentional). Such a badass.
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