Blair Rowlands Hughes-Stanton studied at the Byam Shaw School (1919-1922).Royal Academy Schools (1922-1923). and wood-engraving under Leon Underwood at the Brook Green School (1923-1925). He illustrated books for the Golden Cockerel, Cresset and Gregynog Presses and set up his own Gemini Press with his then wife, Gertrude Hermes. Member SWE and London Group, founder member of the international Society of Wood Engravers (1953). Ref; The Wood-engravings of Blair Hughes-Stanton by Penelope Hughes Stanton 1991.