Samuel O'Reilly
Samuel O'Reilly (* Ireland ; † 1908 in Brooklyn , New York City ) was an Irish - American inventor and tattoo artist .
Life
O'Reilly discovered that the machine called Thomas Edison's Stencil Pen, after a modification he had made, offered the possibility of pricking ink under the skin. For the first time in 1891, O'Reilly had an electric tattoo machine , a tattoo gun , patented. He had his own tattoo shop in Chatham Square, New York City.
Web links
- Tattoo timeline. New York Magazine, September 24, 2007
- Tattoo Museum , VanishingTattoo.com
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| SURNAME | O'Reilly, Samuel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Irish-American inventor and tattoo artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 19th century |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ireland |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1908 |
| Place of death | Brooklyn , New York City |