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Captain William "Bucky" O'Neill Memorial, (sculpture). Artist:  Borglum, Solon Hannibal, 1868-1922, sculptor. Roman Bronze Works, founder. Title:  Captain William "Bucky" O'Neill Memorial, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Captain William O'Neill Rough Rider Monument, (sculpture). Captain William Owen O'Neill Memorial, (sculpture). Buckey O'Neill Memorial, (sculpture). Captain Bucky O'Neill, (sculpture). William O'Neill Rough Rider Monument, (sculpture). Rough Rider Monument, (sculpture). Roughrider Monument, (sculpture). Dates:  Commissioned April 1906. Dedicated July 3, 1907. Rededicated June 6, 1982 and July 3, 1998. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Equestrian figure: bronze; Base: granite boulder on a concrete pad. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 124 x 100 x 51 in.; Base: approx. 100 x 89 x 68 in. (28 tons). Inscription:  (Signature lower proper left side of sculpture) (On relief plaque, back of granite boulder:) Solon Borglum (On plaque, east side of granite boulder:) ERECTED BY ARIZONA/IN HONOR OF THE/1ST. U.S. VOLUNTEER CAVALRY,/KNOWN TO HISTORY AS/ROOSEVELT'S ROUGH RIDERS,/AND IN MEMORY OF/CAPTAIN WILLIAM O. O'NEILL/AND HIS COMRADES WHO DIED/WHILE SERVING THEIR COUNTRY/IN THE WAR WITH SPAIN (On plaque, front of granite boulder:) UNVEILED JULY 3RD 1907 (On plaque, west side of granite boulder: names of commissioners) (On plaque, on granite slab on concrete pad, in front of sculpture:) SOLON HANNIBAL BORGLUM/AMERICA'S FIRST COWBOY SCULPTOR/1868-1922/THIS FREE-SPIRITED SON OF THE WEST, SENSITIVE TO THE CHANGING/ERA IN WHICH HE LIVED, PORTRAYED THE WESTERN EPIC IN MARBLE/AND BRONZE. OUR "BUCKY O'NEILL" MONUMENTAL BRONZE IS AMONG/HIS GREATEST WORKS, AND IS ACCLAIMED BY THE CRITICS AS ONE/OF THE FINEST EQUESTRIAN MONUMENTS IN THE WORLD/PLAQUE DEDICATED JUNE 6, 1982, PRESCOTT COMMUNITY ART TRUST signed Description:  Portrait of William "Bucky" O'Neill on horseback and dressed in a First Volunteer Cavalry uniform with a broad-brimmed hat, gun belt, sword scabbard, saddle bags, bed roll, boots. and wide cuffed gloves. He is shown reining in his horse while looking over to his proper left as he pulls back on the horse's left rein. His right hand reaches for his holstered gun. The horse comes to an abrupt halt, its head angled up and its mouth open. The sculpture is installed atop a granite boulder adorned on the back with a bronze relief plaque depicting President Theodore Roosevelt on horseback and soldiers on foot at the battle of San Juan Hill. Subject:  Portrait male -- O'Neill, Bucky -- Full length Occupation -- Military -- Captain Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform Equestrian Portrait male -- Roosevelt, Theodore -- Full length Occupation -- Political -- President Occupation -- Military -- Colonel Occupation -- Writer -- Author History -- United States -- Spanish American War Occupation -- Military -- Soldier Architecture exterior -- Military -- Battlefield Object Type:  Boulder Outdoor Sculpture -- Arizona -- Prescott Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Yavapai County Board of Supervisors, 255 East Gurley Street, Prescott, Arizona 86301 Located Yavapai County Courthouse Plaza, Gurley, Cortez, Montazuma & Goodwin Streets, Prescott, Arizona Remarks:  The sculpture was commissioned as a memorial to William Owen O'Neill, known as "Bucky" O'Neill and other Arizona Rough Riders killed in the Spanish-American War. At his death, O'Neill was captain of Troop A of the first Volunteer Cavalry Regiment, also known as Roosevelt's Rough Riders. O'Neill, a Prescott businessman, governor, and civic leader, was killed in Cuba by a Spanish bullet on July 1, 1898 before the Rough Rider's successful assaults on Kettle Hill and San Juan Heights. The campaign to create a memorial to Bucky O'Neill began soon after his death. Local businessmen launched a fund-raising campaign, "Bucky O'Neill" cigars were sold by a Prescott cigar maker, school children donated pennies, and in 1905 a legislative appropriation of $10,000 brought the project to fruition as a monument to all the Rough Rider heroes of Arizona. IAS files contain excerpts from Davies, A. Mervyn, "Solon H. Borglum, 'A Man Who Stands Alone,'" Chester, CT: Pequot Press, (1974), which discusses commissioning, fund raising, dedication, and sitter's biography. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Arizona survey, 1993. Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985. Davies, A. Mervyn, "Solon H. Borglum, 'A Man Who Stands Alone,'" Chester, CT: Pequot Press, (1974). SOS Assessment Award, 1998. Illustration:  Image on file. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAS 76005211   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 76005211 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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