''Andrew Jackson'' is a 1928
bronze sculpture
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of
Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson (March 15, 1767 – June 8, 1845) was an American lawyer, planter, general, and statesman who served as the seventh president of the United States from 1829 to 1837. Before being elected to the presidency, he gained fame as ...
by
Belle Kinney Scholz and
Leopold Scholz
Leopold Scholz (1877–1946) Austrian born American sculptor best known for his works in the National Statuary Hall Collection housed in the US Capitol in Washington D.C.
In 1921 Scholz married sculptor Belle Kinney Scholz and much of his best ...
, installed in the
United States Capitol
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, in
Washington D.C.
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, as part of the
National Statuary Hall Collection. It is one of two statues donated by the state of
Tennessee
Tennessee ( , ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee is the 36th-largest by area and the 15th-most populous of the 50 states. It is bordered by Kentucky to th ...
. The statue was accepted into the collection by Senator
Kenneth McKellar on April 16, 1928.
[Murdock, Myrtle Chaney, National Statuary Hall in the Nation's Capitol, Monumental Press, Inc., Washington, D.C., 1955 pp. 74–75]
See also
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1928 in art
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Equestrian statue of Andrew Jackson,
Lafayette Square, Washington, D.C.
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List of sculptures of presidents of the United States
This is a list of statues and busts of presidents of the United States.
George Washington
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
James Monroe
John Quincy Adams
Andrew Jackson
Martin Van Buren
William Henry Har ...
References
External links
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1928 establishments in Washington, D.C.
1928 sculptures
Bronze sculptures in Washington, D.C.
Monuments and memorials in Washington, D.C.
Jackson, Andrew
Sculptures of men in Washington, D.C.
Statues of Andrew Jackson
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