![]() Once completed, his beautiful and groundbreaking tattoo work-consisting of stunning designs such as George Washington on his right leg, the Crucifixion of Christ on his left leg, St. According to an AugRichmond Times Dispatch interview, Sidonia had gone to New York for a short vacation when he decided to undergo the tattooing process. Quite likely the first of O’Reilly’s creations tattooed with an electric machine was twenty-year-old Novia Scotia native Tom Sidonia, who worked as a harness stitcher in Boston. Step right up folks! And marvel at the magnificent, first electrically tattooed wonders: Tom Sidonia, George Karlavagn, and George Mellivan. ![]() So now, without further delay, I introduce to you an overview of three of Sam O’Reilly’s most famous pre-patent attractions tattooed by the electric process. But a complementary article is 100% called for and long overdue. However, since the article was focused on tattoo machines, I didn’t illustrate their history in much detail at the time. ![]() In my tattoo machine tinkerers article about his experimentation with various pre-patent tattooing devices (dental pluggers and Edison stencil pens), I mentioned these first electrically tattooed men by name. In researching tattoo history, one of my most exciting discoveries was that New York Bowery tattoo artist Sam O’Reilly had electrically tattooed several attractions for exhibition prior to obtaining the first electric tattoo machine patent on December 8, 1891. ![]() Sam O’Reilly’s pre-patent, electrically tattooed men: Mellivan, Sidonia, Karlavagn. ![]()
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