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    		• Mills, Stanley,
     
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    		• Roskov, Frank,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- McMillian,
     
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    		• Occupation -- Religion
     
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    		• Dress -- Ecclesiastical
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Finleyville
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Statue of Reverend McMillian, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Mills, Stanley, sculptor.
    Roskov, Frank, designer.
    Title: 
    Statue of Reverend McMillian, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1990.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Carved oak.
    Dimensions: 
    Approx. 8 x 4 x 5 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (On base, right:) S Mills (On plaque on pulpit:) 1990/THIS STATUE CARVED FROM THE/TRUNK OF A 250 YR. OLD OAK/TREE. UNDER ITS SPREADING/LIMBS NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS/AND CHURCH SERVICES WERE/HELD BEFORE THE LOG CHURCH/WAS BUILT ON THIS SITE IN 1783./THE TRUNK OF THE TREE WAS/5 FEET IN DIAMETER AND HAD/A LIMB SPREAD OVER 100 FEET./THE CARVING IS A TRIBUTE TO/THE CIRCUIT RIDING PREACHERS/OF THE ERA./COMMISSIONED BY/ROBERT P. VAN VOORHIS SR./DESIGNED BY/FRANK ROSKOV/CARVED BY/STANLEY MILLS/MONOFIGA signed
    Description: 
    Carved from the trunk of an oak tree, the sculpture depicts Reverend McMillian at his pulpit. He wears a long clerical robe and has both hands placed on the sides of the pulpit. The sculpture stands on the trunk of the tree under a roofed canopy and is surrounded by a metal fence. There are small figurative silhouettes encircled within the fence. One depicts an Indian head and the other shows a couple holding hands.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- McMillian, -- Full length
    Occupation -- Religion -- Clergy
    Dress -- Ecclesiastical
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Finleyville
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Mingo Creek Presbyterian Church, Mingo Church Road & Route 88, Finleyville, Pennsylvania
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania survey, 1995.
    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 PA001579
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