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Robert Ashwin Maynard (b. London, UK 1888 - d. 1966) studied at Westminster School of Art and the Central School of Art (1921-24). He then worked for the Davies sisters at Gregynog, Wales, and until 1930, was controller and director of the Gregynog Press and contributed illustrations for publications including: Henry Vaughan's Poems and Milton's Samson Agonistes. With Walter Horace Bray he ran the Raven Press at Harrow Weald during the 1930s and then with other publishers. He exhibited with The London Group, the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society and at the Cooling Galleries. His work is held by Aberystwyth University, the Sterling Library - University of London, as well as by the British Museum.