Lot Essay
While the identity of this artist is unknown, he was given his moniker because he wrote Durham at the bottom of many of his works. For a further discussion of this artist see Russell D. and Corinne P. Earnst Papers for Birth Dayes (East Berlin,Pennsylvania, 1997), p. 206-7
For other related works by this artist see Frederic S. Weiser and Howell J. Heaney. THe Pennsylvania German Fraktur of the Free Library of Philadelphia (Philadelphia, 1976) 68-71 and 338 and 339.
For other related works by this artist see Frederic S. Weiser and Howell J. Heaney. THe Pennsylvania German Fraktur of the Free Library of Philadelphia (Philadelphia, 1976) 68-71 and 338 and 339.