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    		• Lewis, Alonzo Victor,
     
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    		• Figure male -- Full length
     
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    		• Occupation -- Industry
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Fonda, William
     
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    		• Dress -- Historic
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Alaska -- Sitka
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    The Prospector, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Lewis, Alonzo Victor, 1886-1946, sculptor.
    Title: 
    The Prospector, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Skagway Bill, (sculpture).
    Sourdough, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Commissioned 1934. Dedicated Oct. 18, 1949.
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    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: stone.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 13 1/2 ft. x 46 in. x 69 in.; Base: approx. 14 x 54 x 74 in. x Diam. 65 1/2 in.
    Inscription: 
    (On plinth:) ALONZO VICTOR LEWIS (Incised on the butt of the rifle:) Kuskodwan, Walkers Fork, Chicken, iditarod (sic), innoko (sic), Nome, Fairbanks, Bonanza, El Dorado, Chisana, Dawson (On plaque on base:) ECCE NOVUM ASTRUM/THE PROSPECTOR/ALONZO VICTOR LEWIS-SCULPTOR/ERECTED BY ALASKANS UNDER THE/SPONSORSHIP OF EILER HANSEN AND W. D. GROSS/TRUSTEES HENRY RODEN, CHARLES CARTER AND/JACK CONWAY-SUPERINTENDENT-BILL KNIGHT/DEDICATED OCTOBER 18, 1949/"THERE'S GOLD AND IT'S HAUNTING AND/HAUNTING-IT'S LURING ME ON AS OF OLD/YET IT ISN'T GOLD THAT I'M WANTING/SO MUCH AS JUST FINDING THE GOLD. IT'S/THE GREAT BIG-BROAD LAND WAY UP YONDER/IT'S THE FOREST WHERE SILENCE HAS LEASE/IT'S THE BEAUTY THAT FILLS ME WITH/WONDER. IT'S THE STILLNESS THAT FILLS/ME WITH PEACE."/ROBERT W. SERVICE signed
    Description: 
    Walking figure of a prospector wears a wide-brimmed hat, two layers of open-necked shirts and trousers belted with drawstring. His trousers are tucked into heavy high top boots. The figure's clothing and overall appearance are weathered. He has a moustache and possibly a beard. He holds a rifle horizontally at his proper left side and a walking stick in his proper right hand. His knapsack is packed with gear which includes a pick, shovel, crockery and cookware. The base is composed is rocks set into a round, low wall.
    Subject: 
    Figure male -- Full length
    Occupation -- Industry -- Mining
    Portrait male -- Fonda, William -- Full length
    Dress -- Historic -- Pioneer Dress
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Alaska -- Sitka
    Billboard
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Pioneer Home, Corner of Katlian & Lincoln Streets, Sitka, Alaska 99835
    Remarks: 
    The idea for the sculpture was conceived by Eiler Hansen, superintendent of the Pioneer Home, Alonzo Lewis, the artist and W. D. Gross, a local businessman. It was originally commissioned in 1934 by the Alaska Yukon Pioneers and Ladies of the Golden North, but work was delayed due to the Depression and World War II. Hansen raised $13,000, Gross raised $7,000 and contributions from local businesses totaled $22,600. William "Skagway Bill" Fonda was the model for the piece, originally named "The Sourdough." The sculpture was unveiled on the 82nd Alaska Day. It was cleaned by Bob Marti and Alice Hoveman in 1980. IAS files contain related articles from the Daily Sentinel, the Sitka Sentinel and the Southeastern Log (Alaska).
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Alaska survey, 1994.
    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 AK000205
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