Lt. Col. Simon Edmund Vincent Paul Elwes, was a British war artist and society portrait painter whose patrons included presidents, kings, queens, statesmen, sportsmen, prominent social figures and many members of the British Royal Family. He was a favorite of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother.
Elwes leaving the White House after completing sketches of President Harding. (Photo by Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1922)
Lieutenant General R G W H Stone CB, DSO, MC, FRGS (1942) by Simon Elwes
Gervase Henry Cary-Elwes, DL, better known as Gervase Elwes, was an English tenor of great distinction, who exercised a powerful influence over the development of English music from the early 1900s up until his death in 1921 due to a railroad accident in Boston at the height of his career.
Gervase Elwes, circa 1918 (signed photo by Lena Connell)
Elwes, circa 1920 (photo by Robin Legge)
Elwes, circa 1918 (photo by Lena Conne)