ID: 700002885 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700002885	Record Type: Movable Work
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Equestrian Statue of General Andrew Jackson (sculpture (visual works); Clark Mills (American, 1810-1883); erected in 1853; Washington (District of Columbia, United States, North and C...)

Note: In September 1845 the Jackson Monument Committee was established to raise the funds to erect an equestrian statue honoring Andrew Jackson. The statue was to emphasize Jackson’s military rather than political career. Self-taught sculptor Clark Mills was commissioned to create the Jackson equestrian statue in 1848. He made his casting in a temporary foundry on the Ellipse. He also cast here an equestrian statue of George Washington that stands at Washington Circle on Pennsylvania Avenue.

Titles:

Equestrian Statue of General Andrew Jackson (preferred,C,U,English-P,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

sculpture (visual works) [300047090] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>)

Classifications:

sculptures (preferred)

Creation Date: erected in 1853

Creator Display:

Clark Mills (American, 1810-1883) [preferred,VP]

sculptor Mills, Clark (American sculptor, 1810-1883) [500024114]

Locations:

Current: Washington [7013962] DC (national district), United States (nation), North and Central America (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Display Materials: bronze

	bronze (metal) [300010957]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, metal, <metal by composition or origin>, nonferrous metal, <copper and copper alloy>, copper alloy)

Dimensions: 15 tons

Events:

inauguration (cultural ceremony): Lafayette Square [8711545] (Washington (inhabited place), DC (national district), United States (nation), North and Central America (continent), World (facet))

Cultures:

American (preferred)

General Subject:

portraits (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	Andrew Jackson (British architect, 1919-2000) [500243490]
	.....(Persons, Artists) (ULAN)

	equestrian portrait [300403976]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by subject type>, portraits) (AAT)

	general (officer) [300236762]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by occupation>, <people in military occupations>, military officers) (AAT)

	horse (species) [300250148]
	.....(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Animalia (kingdom), Chordata (phylum), Vertebrata (subphylum), Mammalia (class), Perissodactyla (order), Equidae (family), Equus (genus)) (AAT)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: carvings and sculptures

Sources and Contributors:
Equestrian Statue of General Andrew Jackson	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)
	........ History of the White House online (2000-)

Subject: ....... [JPGM,VP]

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... History of the White House online (2000-)