Elisha Way Miner

Object/Artifact

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Historic Stonington

Name/Title

Elisha Way Miner

Entry/Object ID

2019.602.001

Description

oil on canvas, 30"x25", portrait of Elisha Way Miner, 1804-1835, seated in dark suit, white shirt, and holding sailor's spyglass. Elisha was a descendant of Thomas Miner - one of the founding fathers of Stonington. He died of yellow fever and was buried at sea off Cape Hatteras, 1835.

Made/Created

Artist

unknown