Clark Mills, the Sculptor

This engraving of artist Clark Mills is undated. It shows the self-taught sculptor who was commissioned by the Jackson Monument Committee to create the Andrew Jackson equestrian statue in 1848;it was dedicated in 1853 in Lafayette Square. He made his casting in a temporary foundry on the Ellipse. It was the first bronze statue cast in the United States and weighs 15 tons. There, with the help of his enslaved apprentice Phillip Reid, he also cast an equestrian statue of George Washington that stands in Washington Circle on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C.

Artist: Unknown
Date of Work: Unknown
Type: Print
Credit: Library of Congress

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