Myra Kathleen Hughes

Myra Kathleen Hughes (9 September 1877 – 21 August 1918) was an Irish artist and etcher, best known for her series Vanishing London.

[2][3] Her father was Sir Frederick Hughes of Rosslare Fort and Barntown House[4] who served in the 7th Madras Light Cavalry.

[1] She was elected an associate of the Royal Society of Painter Etchers and Engravers in 1911, making her one of only 35 women in the 258 membership.

[2] She is considered to be an accomplished draughtsman, and was one of a small number or artists who experimented with colour printing at the turn of the 20th century.

[1][4] The British Museum holds the largest collection of her prints,[2] which were donated after her death by her family through Mary C. Hamilton.