Philip Reed, known as Philip Reid before he was emancipated, was an African American master craftsman who worked at the foundries of self-taught sculptor Clark Mills. There, historical monuments such as the 1853 equestrian statue of Andrew Jackson in Lafayette Square, near the White House in Washington, D.C., the 1860 equestrian statue of George Washington in Washington Circle, and the 1863 Statue of Freedom in Washington, D.C., were created.
Equestrian statue of Andrew Jackson in Washington, D.C.
Emancipation Hall at the Capitol Visitor Center. The 1857 plaster cast of the Statue of Freedom is in the center flanked by stairs which lead to the Capitol itself.
Image: Washington Circle Equestrian Statue
Image: Capitol dome lantern Washington
Clark Mills was an American sculptor, best known for four versions of an equestrian statue of Andrew Jackson, located in Washington, D.C., with replicas in Nashville, Tennessee, Jacksonville, Florida, and New Orleans, Louisiana.
Clark Mills (sculptor)
Equestrian statue Andrew Jackson, Lafayette Square, Washington, D.C.
Glenwood Cemetery, Washington, D.C.