Andrew Jackson (Mills)
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Andrew Jackson is an equestrian statue by Clark Mills
in Lafayette Square
, Washington, D.C.
It was commissioned in May 1847, cast in 1852, and dedicated on January 8, 1853, by Stephen A. Douglas
.
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 horse named Olympus.
Mills trained his horse to pose on its haunches to model the pose. He completed a plaster model, and started a foundry to produce the casting.
The statue was recently restored, and spurs added.
The front of the base bears the inscription:
OUR FEDERAL UNION
IT MUST BE PRESERVED
Clark Mills (sculptor)
Clark Mills was an American sculptor, best known for three versions of an equestrian statue of Andrew Jackson, located in Washington, D.C., Nashville, Tennessee, and New Orleans, Louisiana.-Life:...
in Lafayette Square
Lafayette Square
Lafayette Square may refer to a place in the United States:*Lafayette Square, Los Angeles, California, a neighborhood in the mid-city section of L.A.*Lafayette Square, New Orleans, Louisiana, in the Central Business District*Lafayette Square, St...
, Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....
It was commissioned in May 1847, cast in 1852, and dedicated on January 8, 1853, by Stephen A. Douglas
Stephen A. Douglas
Stephen Arnold Douglas was an American politician from the western state of Illinois, and was the Northern Democratic Party nominee for President in 1860. He lost to the Republican Party's candidate, Abraham Lincoln, whom he had defeated two years earlier in a Senate contest following a famed...
.
It was the first equestrian statue made in America.
Jackson's horse at the Battle of New Orleans
Battle of New Orleans
The Battle of New Orleans took place on January 8, 1815 and was the final major battle of the War of 1812. American forces, commanded by Major General Andrew Jackson, defeated an invading British Army intent on seizing New Orleans and the vast territory the United States had acquired with the...
was named Duke; but Mills modeled the horse from his horse named Olympus.
Mills trained his horse to pose on its haunches to model the pose. He completed a plaster model, and started a foundry to produce the casting.
The statue was recently restored, and spurs added.
The front of the base bears the inscription:
OUR FEDERAL UNION
IT MUST BE PRESERVED
External links
- "Four Salutes to the Nation", White House Historical Association, James M. Goode
- "A Toast to the Union", Andrew S. Keck, Records of the Columbia Historical Society, Washington, D.C. Vol. 71/72, pp. 289–313
- "Andrew Jackson", SIRIS
- Waymarking
- Wikimapia