Maryland Printmakers

In Memoriam

On February 22, 1998, S. Donovan Swann Jr. died of heart failure at his Charles Village residence. He was 87 years old. Those of us that have been around for a number of years may recall his father Don Swann Sr., who died in 1954. Don Swann was known as Maryland's leading etcher in those days. Mr. S. Donovan Swann Jr. worked with his father in 1939 to produce "Colonial and Historical Homes of Maryland," a volume of etchings of the state's historic homes. The book, reissued by Johns Hopkins Press in 1975, has an introduction by F. Scott Fitzgerald.

Mr. Swann also reorganized his father's Etchcrafters Guild Inc. in 1965 and reissued historical etchings by his father, which he later sold at art galleries, flowermarts, book fairs and shopping malls.

He is survived by his wife of 10 years, Kay Sultley, several stepchildren, a sister, and two nieces.

--By Mildred Isaacs