Don Swann (Samuel Donovan Swann)

Tudor Hall, Leonardtown, Maryland

Don Swann's oriiginal etching, Tudor Hall, Leonardtown, Maryland is printed upon fine, hand-made, laid paper and with full, deckled margins. It is signed by the artist in pencil along the lower margin. Don Swann pulled small numbers of individual, hand-signed etchings with a folding page of accompanying text describing each individual image. Such is the case with this original impression of Tudor Hall. Published by Etchcrafters, Baltimore, 1939. This is fine original example of the etched art created by the American artist, Don Swann also listed as Samuel Donovan Swann.

Original Etching by the American artist, Samuel Donovan Swann 'Don Swann'.

Tudor Hall, Leonardtown, Maryland

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Title:	Tudor Hall, Leonardtown, Maryland
Artist:	Swann, Samuel Donovan 'Don Swann' (Baltimore, 1889 - 1954)
Date:	1939
Medium:	Original Etching
Publisher:	Etchcrafters, Baltimore
Note:	Samuel Donovan Swann 'Don Swann': A Maryland artist and etcher, Samuel Donovan Swann studied art in Munich and in Rome. He dedicated most of his fine art to historic Americana, particularly views of his native state. Today the original etchings of Don Swann are included in such major collections as the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, the United States Naval Museum and the Library of Congress and the Smithsonian Institute, Washington DC.
	In the late 1930's , Don Swann was at work creating etchings for an illustrated book dealing with 18th century Maryland. At this time the artist pulled small numbers of individual, hand-signed etchings with a folding page of accompanying text describing each individual image. Such is the case with this impression of Tudor Hall, Leonardtown, Maryland. Published by Etchcrafters, Baltimore, 1939, the completed work was entitled, Colonial and Historic Homes of Maryland. The foreword for the book was written by none other than the author of The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940).
	Of particular interest is the fact that Tudor Hall was an ancestral home of F. Scott Fitzgerald. Recently a Fitzgerald letter to Don Swann surfaced at auction in which the author thanked Swann for a gifted impression of Tudor Hall:
	"If I seemed unappreciative of the etching of Tudor Hall it was because I was in a somewhat distraught mood - I'm delighted with it and very proud to own it. The reason I didn't want the one of Hampton was because the Pleasance Ridgely from whom I am descended, outdated the present mansion by a generation and I thought it would be pretentious of me to hang it for that reason. But direct ancestors did live in Tudor Hall so you can imagine the pleasure it gives me" . *
Reference:	* www.rrauction.com, Item 614 - F. Scott Fitzgerald, Catalog 285 (May 2004)
Size:	5 3/4 X 7 3/8 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
	Matted with 100% Archival Materials
Condition:	Printed upon fine, hand-made, laid paper and with full, deckled margins. Signed by the artist in pencil along the lower margin. A finely printed impression and in excellent condition throughout. Tudor Hall, Leonardtown, Maryland represents both a prime and scarce original example of the etched art of Don Swann. Note: The accompanying text for Tudor Hall is included.
Price:	Sold - The price is no longer available.
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