tattooing has " gone into the mainstream" - is just among a number of tattoo tropes recycled relentlessly over the years, suggests Dr Matt Lodder, art historian and tattoo expert at the University of Essex.
Others include:
Everybody seems to be getting tattooed, should we not be worried?
Surprise at females, the young or the old getting a tattoo
The pain during a tattoo
The problem of remorse at having a tattoo
In the late 19th Century, Princess Waldemar of Denmark's tattoo was big news. As was the tattooed skin of Queen Olga of Greece, King Oscar of Sweden and the Grand Duke Alexis of Russia. These were the celebrity figures of their day.
Others include:
Everybody seems to be getting tattooed, should we not be worried?
Surprise at females, the young or the old getting a tattoo
The pain during a tattoo
The problem of remorse at having a tattoo
In the late 19th Century, Princess Waldemar of Denmark's tattoo was big news. As was the tattooed skin of Queen Olga of Greece, King Oscar of Sweden and the Grand Duke Alexis of Russia. These were the celebrity figures of their day.