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Welsh Fashions Taken on a Market Day in Wales (R. Griffiths, 1851) Although the traditional costume went out of common use by the middle of the 19th century it was still worn by some women at market and for special events. There were calls for Welsh costume to be revived and used at major national events, especially royal visits.
Mary White (1926–2013), ceramic artist; Lucy Gwendolen Williams (1870–1955) Claudia Williams (born 1933), painter; Margaret Lindsay Williams (1888–1960), portrait painter; Annie Williams (born 1942), still life watercolour painter who grew up in Wales; Sue Williams (born 1956), visual artist; Caroline Catherine Wilkinson (1822–1881)
Hamnett was born at No.3, Lexden Terrace, Tenby, Wales Nina Hamnett painted by Roger Fry, 1917, in a dress designed by Vanessa Bell and made at the Omega Workshops [1]. Nina Hamnett (14 February 1890 – 16 December 1956) was a Welsh artist and writer, and an expert on sailors' shanties, who became known as the Queen of Bohemia.
The Welsh hat (Welsh: Het Gymreig) worn by women as part of Welsh national costume is a tall hat, similar to a top hat, or the capotain. It is still worn by Welsh folk-dance women, and schoolgirls, in Wales on St David's Day , but rarely on other occasions.
100 Great Welsh Women was written by Terry Breverton and published in 2001. [1] Breverton is a historian who has written more than 20 books. [2] The books are typically on subjects related to Wales and include 100 Great Welshmen, An A-Z of Wales and the Welsh, The Secret Vale of Glamorgan and The Book of Welsh Saints.
In Welsh myth, the Gwragedd Annwn were said to herd cattle. These cattle were special, and had a coat of pure white. They were known as Gwartheg y Llyn, or the kine of the lake. At some point, myth holds that a farmer caught one of these pure white cows, and it provided him with butter, milk, and cheese of the highest quality.
Y Ladi Wen is commonly associated with Ogmore, Bridgend.Here, a spirit was long said to wander the area until a man finally had the courage to approach her. When such a man eventually did so, the spirit led him to a treasure (a cauldron filled with gold) hidden under a heavy stone within the old tower of Ogmore Castle, and allowed the man to take half the treasure for himself.
Lady Charlotte Guest (1812–1895), aristocrat and translator; Bethan Gwanas, pen name of Bethan Evans (born 1962), Welsh-language novelist, children's writer; Saint Gwenfyl (fl. 6th century), Christian saint; Lowri Gwilym (1954––2010), television and radio producer; Eirwen Gwynn (1916–2007), nationalist, writer, teacher and scientist