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Jessie Knight: Britain's pioneering female tattoo artist

Jessie Knight was a groundbreaking female tattoo artist who worked from the '20s to the '50s. The National Maritime Museum Cornwall's current exhibition, "Tattoo: British Tattoo Art Revealed", aims to give a comprehensive history of British tattooing and to challenge long-standing ideas about the practice. Co-curator Derryth Ridge explained more about the history of tattooing to Dan Damon.

(Picture: Jessie Knight, with her family crest tattoo on her back Credit: Neil Hopkin-Thomas) (Other credits: NMMC; Abbi Hughes; Storylines; Neil Hopkin-Thomas)

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2 minutes