Equestrian statue of Andrew Jackson (Washington, D.C.)
Andrew Jackson is a bronze equestrian statue by Clark Mills mounted on a white marble base in the center of Lafayette Square within President's Park in Washington, D.C., just to the north of the White House. Jackson is depicted dressed in military uniform, raising his hat with his right hand, while controlling the reins with his left hand as his horse rises on its rear legs.
Statue in 2008
The Jackson Monument and White House in the 1890s
Vandalism of the Jackson Monument in 2021
The original statue stands at the center of Lafayette Square, just to the north of the White House
An equestrian statue is a statue of a rider mounted on a horse, from the Latin eques, meaning 'knight', deriving from equus, meaning 'horse'. A statue of a riderless horse is strictly an equine statue. A full-sized equestrian statue is a difficult and expensive object for any culture to produce, and figures have typically been portraits of rulers or, in the Renaissance and more recently, military commanders.
Khosrow Parviz is standing here. On his left is Ahura Mazda, on his right is Anahita, and below is, Khosrau dressed as a mounted Persian knight riding on his favourite horse, Shabdiz, in the city of, Kermanshah, Iran
This horse head from Suasa was once part of a large equestrian monument. c. 40 AD. Walters Art Museum, Baltimore.
Bamberg Horseman (1225–1237), Bamberg
Magdeburg Horseman (1240), Magdeburg