J. Prynn is an artist. 1 work is cataloged here, principally at Victoria and Albert Museum.

J. Prynn had a habit of eavesdropping on sailors at the docks, sketching their tattoos in the margins of his grocery lists. He turned those quick jottings into intricate woodblock prints of nautical emblems, anchors, mermaids, and ships’ wheels, at a time when tattoos were still a working-class secret. Tap into H Beard Print Collection to see how a sailor’s doodle became art you could hang on your wall.