Dr. Matt Lodder is a Senior Lecturer in Art History & American Studies at the University of Essex. His research focuses on using art history as a lens to understand the history of western tattooing from the 17th century onward, specifically in the ""professional era"" which began in the 1880s and continues today. You can find him on Twitter @mattlodder, and learn more about his research here: https://www.essex.ac.uk/people/lodde23007/matt-lodder

Here are some links to sources discussed in this episode:

-Mikak the tattooed woman visits London in 1767: https://www.jstor.org/stable/40513264?seq=1

-Marks of Civilization by Mark Rubin: https://books.google.com/books/about/Marks_of_Civilization.html?id=kZ_pAAAAMAAJ

-Modern Primitives: https://books.google.com/books/about/Marks_of_Civilization.html?id=kZ_pAAAAMAAJ

-Tattooed Bodies by Nikki Sullivan: https://books.google.com/books/about/Tattooed_Bodies.html?id=n7qAAAAAMAAJ

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