Miner’s work is defined by its painter sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.

General Andrew Jackson
Copy after Miner Kilbourne Kellogg American, 1814–1889

Reliquary Monstrance with a Tooth of Saint John the Baptist
Weddeghe Velstede (German, active 1432-73) container: Egyptian

Sun God Surya Standing in His Chariot
Bangladesh or Eastern India

Relief Showing the Head of a Winged Genius
Mesopotamian, Assyrian

Snuff Bottle with a Hawk and a Bear beneath a Pine Tree
China

Portrait Vessel
Ceramist unknown (Moche) Southern Moche region, north coast, Peru

Spade-Shaped Snuff Bottle
China

Panel (Hanging)
David Fredenthal (American, 1914-1958) Woven by Miriam Kellogg Fredenthal (American, active 1937) United States, Michigan, Bloomfields Hills, Cranbrook Academy of Art

Santa Maria della Salute
Winthrop Kellogg Edey American, 1937–1999

Mask
Olmec Veracruz or Tabasco, Gulf Coast, Mexico

Mural Fragment Depicting a Maguey Bloodletting Ritual
Teotihuacan Tlacuilapaxco apartment compound, Teotihuacán, Mexico

A Bowery Girl
Unknown Artist printed by H.C. Miner, president of Springer Litho. Co.

Mask
Mezcala Guerrero, Mexico

Jaina Tirthankara Parshvanatha with Serpent Hood Seated in Meditation (Dhyanamudra)
India Karnataka

Pectoral
Classic Maya Mexico or Guatemala

Ceremonial Knife (Tumi)
Chimú Lambayeque Valley, north coast, Peru

Miners
Henry Spencer Moore English, 1898-1986

Ceremonial Ballgame Yoke
Totonac El Tajín and vicinity, northern Veracruz, Mexico

Head From a Shabti (Funerary Figurine) of Queen Tiye
Unknown Artist