Sutherland Macdonald

{{Short description|English tattoo artist}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Sutherland Macdonald

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| image = Sutherland Macdonald (1860–1942).png

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| caption = In The Sketch, 23 January 1895

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1860|06|25|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Boundary Terrace, Leeds, Yorkshire, England

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1942|06|18|1860|06|25|df=yes}}

| death_place = Surbiton, London, England

| burial_place= Surbiton Cemetery

| spouse = Sophia Weedon Annie Caroline Mayne (M:1887)
Amy Mary Keen (M:1934)

| father = Robert Macdonald (1821/2–1898)

| mother = Elizabeth Mitchell Macdonald (1821–1893)

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| occupation = Tattoo artist}}

Sutherland Macdonald (1860–1942) was a prominent English tattoo artist in the late 19th century and early 20th century, and the first tattooist in Britain with an identifiable premises open to the public. Operating in a salon in London's Jermyn Street, he is listed in the 1894 London Post Office Directory. He is considered the first person to offer a professional tattoo service in London, although the practice was already popular in Japan and the Middle East prior to that time.{{Cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/news/sutherland-macdonald-britains-first-professional-tattoo-artist-celebrated-in-new-exhibition-at-the-a6804396.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220525/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/news/sutherland-macdonald-britains-first-professional-tattoo-artist-celebrated-in-new-exhibition-at-the-a6804396.html |archive-date=25 May 2022 |url-status=live|title=The man who started the tattoo craze in Britain is coming to a museum near you|work=The Independent|access-date=2023-08-28|language=en-GB}} He was erroneously said to have tattooed kings and princes, including George V when he was Duke of York.{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/evening-standard/109257264/ |last=Barker |first=Dudley |title=This Tattooing Business |newspaper=Evening Standard |place=London, England |number=35,098 |page=7 |date=February 23, 1937 |access-date=2023-08-28 |via=Newspapers.com}}