Name/Title
Elisha Way MinerEntry/Object ID
2019.602.001Description
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.