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John Kelt Edwards
John Kelt Edwards (4 March 1875 – 11 October 1934) was a Wales, Welsh artist and cartoonist. The son of a shopkeeper from Blaenau Ffestiniog, Edwards was educated at Llandovery College. After leaving college he toured Europe, and exhibited his artwork at the Paris Salon. Notable for his portraits of famous Welsh individuals, his works included paintings of David Lloyd George and Owen Morgan Edwards. He was also known for designs connected to the military, he designed the badge and banner for the Comrades of the Great War and the roll of honour of the Royal Welch Fusiliers. He also contributed book illustrations and produced war cartoons. He died at Ceinewydd and was buried at Blaenau Ffestiniog. References External links John Kelt Edwards letters at the National Library of Wales 1875 births 1934 deaths People from Blaenau Ffestiniog Welsh caricaturists Welsh editorial cartoonists Welsh painters Welsh illustrators {{Wales-artist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
J K Edwards & Dr Roberts (5254811) (cropped)
J, or j, is the tenth Letter (alphabet), letter in the Latin alphabet, used in the English alphabet, modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its usual name in English is English alphabet#Letter names, ''jay'' (pronounced ), with a now-uncommon variant ''jy'' ."J", ''Oxford English Dictionary,'' 2nd edition (1989) When used in the International Phonetic Alphabet for the palatal approximant, ''y'' sound, it may be called ''yod'' or ''jod'' (pronounced or ). History The letter ''J'' used to be used as the swash (typography), swash letter ''I'', used for the letter I at the end of Roman numerals when following another I, as in XXIIJ or xxiij instead of XXIII or xxiii for the Roman numeral twenty-three. A distinctive usage emerged in Middle High German. Gian Giorgio Trissino (1478–1550) was the first to explicitly distinguish I and J as representing separate sounds, in his ''Ɛpistola del Trissino de le lettere nuω ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
