| Appeal to the Great Spirit | |
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| Artist | Cyrus Edwin Dallin |
| Year | 1908 |
| Type | Bronze |
| Dimensions | 290 cm × 250 cm × 300 cm (114 in × 100 in × 120 in) |
| Location | Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| 42°20′19″N 71°05′37″W / 42.33873°N 71.09367°W | |
| Owner | Boston Museum of Fine Arts |
Appeal to the Great Spirit is a 1908[1] equestrian statue by Cyrus Dallin, located in front of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. It portrays a Native American on horseback facing skyward, his arms spread wide in a spiritual request to the Great Spirit. It was the last of Dallin's four prominent sculptures of Indigenous people known as The Epic of the Indian, which also include A Signal of Peace (1890), The Medicine Man (1899), and Protest of the Sioux (1904).
A statuette of Appeal to the Great Spirit is in the permanent collection of the White House and was exhibited in President Bill Clinton's Oval Office. British Prime Minister Rt. Hon. David Lloyd George also had a statuette, which he received in association with a meeting with Sioux Chief Two Eagle during an October 1923 tour of the US and Canada[2]
- ^ https://equestrianstatue.org/appeal-to-the-great-spirit/ Archived 2019-12-19 at the Wayback Machine Equestrianstatue.org
- ^ Lake, Michael (February 15, 2022). "Cyrus Edwin Dallin (American, 1861-1944): A rare patinated bronze equestrian figure entitled 'Appeal to the Great Spirit' presented to the Rt. Hon. David Lloyd George whilst visiting the USA in October 1923". Bonhams. Archived from the original on March 8, 2022. Retrieved March 8, 2022.