Andrew Jackson (Mills)

Andrew Jackson
Artist Clark Mills (sculptor)
Year 1852
Type Bronze
Dimensions 2.4 m × 3.7 m (8 ft × 12 ft)
Location Washington, D.C., United States
38°53′58″N 77°02′12″W / 38.8995516°N 77.0365513°W
Owner National Park Service

Andrew Jackson refers to an equestrian statue by Clark Mills in Lafayette Square, Washington, D.C.[1][2][3]

History

It was commissioned in May 1847, cast in 1852, and dedicated on January 8, 1853, by Stephen A. Douglas.[4]

It was the first equestrian statue made in America. Jackson's horse at the Battle of New Orleans was named Duke; but Mills modeled the horse from his own horse named Olympus.[5] Mills trained his horse to pose on its haunches. He completed a plaster model, and started a foundry to produce the casting. He produced six castings until the final one was completed, with ten pieces.[6]

The statue was recently restored, and spurs added. The front of the base bears the inscription:
OUR FEDERAL UNION
IT MUST BE PRESERVED [7]

Gallery

References

  1. ↑ http://www.preservationnation.org/travel-and-sites/sites/southern-region/decatur-house/andrew-jackson-statue.html
  2. ↑ http://www.dcmemorials.com/index_indiv0000800.htm
  3. ↑ http://www.nps.gov/whho/planyourvisit/explore-the-northern-trail.htm
  4. ↑ https://archive.org/stream/orationofhonstep00doug/orationofhonstep00doug_djvu.txt
  5. ↑ http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/02/AR2010080204431.html
  6. ↑ James M. Goode, Outdoor Sculpture of Washington, D.C., Smithsonian Institution Press, 1974, ISBN 0-87474-138-6, p. 377
  7. ↑ "Andrew Jackson, (sculpture)". Save Outdoor Sculpture, District of Columbia survey, 1993. SIRIS

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