The Medicine Man (Dallin)

The Medicine Man
Artist Cyrus Dallin
Year 1899
Type Bronze
Dimensions 240 cm (96 in)
Location Philadelphia
Owner City of Philadelphia
Fairmont Park Commission

The Medicine Man is a bronze equestrian statue by Cyrus E. Dallin. It is located in Fairmount Park, Dauphin Street, west of 33rd Street, Philadelphia.[1]

It was cast in 1899. It was exhibited at the Paris Salon of 1899, and Exposition Universelle (1900), Paris, where it won a gold medal.[2] It was purchased by the Fairmount Park Art Association for $6,000. It was dedicated on December 10, 1903. [3]

A reduced edition was produced by the Gorham Foundry;[4] an example is in the Amon Carter Museum.[5]

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