Tom Riley (tattoo artist)
Tom Riley | |
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Tom Riley was a prominent English tattoo artist in the 19th century. Riley served in the British Army and fought in the Second Boer War in the period 1899-1902 and in Sudan.[1] Riley learned drawing at the Mechanical Institute and opened a tattoo shop on the Strand in London. Riley tattooed King Edward VII. He trained George Burchett.
References
- ^ Gibson, Kelly. "A Short History of Military Tattoos", VFW Magazine, vol 103, no. 10 (August 2016), p. 44.