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The Circuit Rider, (sculpture). Artist:  Proctor, A. Phimister, 1862-1950, sculptor. Roman Bronze Works, founder. Title:  The Circuit Rider, (sculpture). Dates:  1922-1923. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite (?). Inscription:  (Proper right front bottom edge:) A. PHIMISTER PROCTOR SCVLPTOR (On proper left rear of sculpture, below horse's proper left hoof:) CAST BY ROMAN BRONZE WORKS, N.Y. (On east and west sides of base:) THE/CIRCUIT/RIDER (On north side: PRESENTED TO THE STATE OF OREGON (LETTER I no longer visible)N REVERENT AND GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE OF ROBERT BOOTH/PIONEER MINISTER OF THE OREGON COUNTRY BY HIS SON ROBERT A. BOOTH (On south side:) COMMEMORATING THE LABORS AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE MINISTERS/OF THE GOSPEL WHO AS CIRCUIT RIDERS BECAME THE FRIENDS, COUNSELORS/AND EVANGELS TO THE PIONEERS ON EVERY AMERICAN FRONTIER signed Founder's mark appears. Description:  "Large equestrian statue depicts a caped man riding a horse and reading a book. He holds the book in his proper right hand and holds onto the saddle with his proper left hand. His head is bent forward. All of the horse's hooves but the front proper right one touch the ground." Subject:  Occupation -- Religion -- Clergy Homage -- Booth, Robert Figure male -- Full length Animal -- Horse Equestrian Object -- Written Matter -- Book Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Oregon -- Salem Sculpture Owner:  Administered by State of Oregon, Legislative Administration, Office of the Administrator, Facility Services, 132 State Capitol, Salem, Oregon 97310 Located Oregon State Capitol, 900 Court Street N.E., Salem, Oregon Provenance:  Formerly located Oregon State Capitol, West front of old Capitol, Oregon Remarks:  Work was commissioned by Robert A. Booth, prominent Eugene businessman and early Oregon State Highway Commissioner, as a memorial to his father, a Methodist Episcopal minister who died in 1917. Statue was originally placed at the west front of the old Capitol, but was moved to its present location while the new Capitol was being constructed (probably 1936 or 1937). IAS files contain excerpts of National Register of Historic Places Registration Form, also on file at Oregon Arts Commission in Salem. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Oregon survey, 1993. Church, Phimister Proctor, 2000. Illustration:  Image on file. Proctor, Alexander Phimister, "Alexander Phimister Proctor, Sculptor in Buckskin, an Autobiography," Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1971, pg. 244. 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 OR000018   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture OR000018 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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