• Andrew Jackson
    Clark Mills
    Lafayette Park
    This stereograph of the Jackson Statue was taken by Clark Mills in 1853. It shows the bronze statue of Andrew Jackson in President's Park. Dedicated in 1853, it was one of the first bronze statues cast in the country and the first equestrian statue in the world to be balanced solely on the horse's hind legs. The statue was cast by Mills with help from his enslaved apprentice, Phillip Reid.
  • Andrew Jackson
    Clark Mills
    likeness
    sculpture
    War of 1812
    This miniature white metal version of a life-size equestrian statue of Andrew Jackson was cast at the Philadelphia foundry of Cornelius and Baker in 1855. Sculptor Clark Mills designed the original statue, which has stood in Lafayette Park since 1853. Mills' popular statue was the first bronze equestrian statue cast in America, an ambitious project that took Mills six attempts to successfully complete. The statue depicts Jackson during his triumphal victory over the British at New Orleans on January 8, 1815, during the War of 1812. Jackson was president from March 4, 1829 until March 4, 1837. He had served in the House of Representatives and the Senate prior to his time in the White House.