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<html><div class="mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr" id="mw-content-text" lang="en"><p><b>Samuel O'Reilly</b> was a <a class="mw-redirect" href="/index.php?title=Tattoo_artist" title="Tattoo artist">tattoo artist</a> from Ireland who filed <a href="/index.php?title=Patent_No_464801" title="Patent No 464801">Patent No 464801</a> for the electric <a class="mw-redirect" href="/index.php?title=Tattoo_machine" title="Tattoo machine">tattoo machine</a>. It was patented in <a href="/index.php?title=1891" title="1891">1891</a>. O'Reilly experimented with Thomas Edison's <a href="/index.php?title=1875" title="1875">1875</a> invention, the electric pen, as a tattooing device. He modified it slightly, adding an ink reservoir and multiple needles, and this became the tattoo machine that he is known for.<a class="external autonumber" href="http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/wmh/pdf/spring06_klem.pdf" rel="nofollow">[1]</a> He began tattooing in New York in <a href="/index.php?title=1875" title="1875">1875</a>. O'Reilly was also responsible, along with his apprentice <a href="/index.php?title=Charles_Wagner" title="Charles Wagner">Charles Wagner</a>, for producing a number of tattooed attractions in the late 1800s. He tattooed many people who worked as <a class="new" href="/index.php?title=Performers&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" title="Performers (page does not exist)">performers</a> such as Frank and <a class="mw-redirect" href="/index.php?title=Emma_de_Burgh" title="Emma de Burgh">Emma de Burgh</a>, <a href="/index.php?title=Annie_Howard" title="Annie Howard">Annie Howard</a> and <a href="/index.php?title=Irene_Woodward" title="Irene Woodward">Irene Woodward</a>.
'''Samuel O'Reilly''' was a [[Tattoo artist]] from Ireland who filed [[Patent No 464801]] for the electric [[Tattoo machine]]. It was patented in [[1891]]. O'Reilly experimented with Thomas Edison's [[1875]] invention, the electric pen, as a tattooing device. He modified it slightly, adding an ink reservoir and multiple needles, and this became the tattoo machine that he is known for.[http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/wmh/pdf/spring06_klem.pdf [1]] He began tattooing in New York in [[1875]]. O'Reilly was also responsible, along with his apprentice [[Charles Wagner]], for producing a number of tattooed attractions in the late 1800s. He tattooed many people who worked as [[Performers (page does not exist)|performers]] such as Frank and [[Emma de Burgh]], [[Annie Howard]] and [[Irene Woodward]].
</p><p>He died in <a href="/index.php?title=1908" title="1908">1908</a> in Brooklyn, New York, falling off of his house while painting.
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<ul><li> <a href="/index.php?title=Patent_No_464801" title="Patent No 464801">Patent No 464801</a>
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He died in [[1908]] in Brooklyn, New York, falling off of his house while painting.


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* [[Patent No 464801]]

Latest revision as of 10:50, 17 September 2023

Samuel O'Reilly was a Tattoo artist from Ireland who filed Patent No 464801 for the electric Tattoo machine. It was patented in 1891. O'Reilly experimented with Thomas Edison's 1875 invention, the electric pen, as a tattooing device. He modified it slightly, adding an ink reservoir and multiple needles, and this became the tattoo machine that he is known for.[1] He began tattooing in New York in 1875. O'Reilly was also responsible, along with his apprentice Charles Wagner, for producing a number of tattooed attractions in the late 1800s. He tattooed many people who worked as performers such as Frank and Emma de Burgh, Annie Howard and Irene Woodward.

He died in 1908 in Brooklyn, New York, falling off of his house while painting.

Samuel O'Reilly tattoo machine

See Also