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Andrew Jackson, 1767-1815 (Clark Mills sculpture):
In 1815, Andrew Jackson gave America its greatest land triumph in the War of 1812 with his successful defense of New Orleans. The victory proved to be Jackson's making as a national figure: upon his 1828 election to the presidency, his countrymen had still not forgotten that it was he who had "flogged the British" at New Orleans.
In 1847, sculptor Clark Mills was commissioned to make an equestrian statue of Jackson for placement opposite the White House. Two years after the work's dedication in 1853, Mills patented a much-reduced version of it, copies of which were sold to the public.
Clark Mills, patented 1855 |