The Medicine Man (Dallin)

The Medicine Man
The Medicine Man, a Cyrus Edwin Dallin statue in Fairmount Park in Philadelphia, in December 2011
ArtistCyrus Edwin Dallin
Year1899
TypeBronze
Dimensions240 cm (96 in)
LocationPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Coordinates39°59′31.2″N 75°11′11.44″W / 39.992000°N 75.1865111°W / 39.992000; -75.1865111
OwnerCity of Philadelphia
Fairmount Park Commission

The Medicine Man is an 1899 bronze equestrian statue by Cyrus Edwin Dallin located on Dauphin Street, west of 33rd Street, in Fairmount Park in Philadelphia.[1] The statue portrays an indigenous American medicine man.

The Medicine Man is the second of four prominent sculptures of indigenous people on horseback known as The Epic of the Indian, which also includes A Signal of Peace (1890), Protest of the Sioux (1904), and Appeal to the Great Spirit (1908).

  1. ^ "The Medicine Man". Archived from the original on March 27, 2012. Retrieved September 1, 2011.