Mills, Clark
1810 - Born near Syracuse, New York. An American sculptor, Clark Mills, who was renowned for his bronze equestrian statue of Andrew Jackson in Lafayette Park in Washington, D.C.
1837 - He had little formal education, moved to Charleston, South Carolina.
1840 - In South Carolina, Clark Mills developed a method of using life casts from the faces of his sitters in order to simplify the production of portrait busts.
1846 - His bust of John C. Calhoun, purchased by the city of Charleston and at that time considered the best likeness of Calhoun, was made from such a life mask.
1850 - He settled in Washington, D.C.
1853 - He is known for establishing an early bronze foundry where he cast his sculptures, such as the equestrian statue of General Andrew Jackson, situated in Lafayette Square, Washington, DC.
- It was the first equestrian statue erected in the United States, as well as the first bronze sculpture made.
1865 - Mills and his son, Theodore, also modeled a life mask of Abraham Lincoln just 60 days before the president was assassinated.
1883 - He died at the age of 70.
1837 - He had little formal education, moved to Charleston, South Carolina.
1840 - In South Carolina, Clark Mills developed a method of using life casts from the faces of his sitters in order to simplify the production of portrait busts.
1846 - His bust of John C. Calhoun, purchased by the city of Charleston and at that time considered the best likeness of Calhoun, was made from such a life mask.
1850 - He settled in Washington, D.C.
1853 - He is known for establishing an early bronze foundry where he cast his sculptures, such as the equestrian statue of General Andrew Jackson, situated in Lafayette Square, Washington, DC.
- It was the first equestrian statue erected in the United States, as well as the first bronze sculpture made.
1865 - Mills and his son, Theodore, also modeled a life mask of Abraham Lincoln just 60 days before the president was assassinated.
1883 - He died at the age of 70.
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Address before the Jefferson Democratic Association of the first district,: At Holland's store, D.C., Febr'y 28, 1877 by Clark Mills (Unknown Binding - Jan 1, 1970) |
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Adam Mickiewica 1798-1855 by Clark Mills (Hardcover - Aug 29, 2008) |
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Fata Morgana by Andre Breton and Morgana Fata and Clark Mills (Paperback - Jun 29, 1982) |
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Cogdell and Mills, Charleston sculptors by Anna Wells Rutledge (Unknown Binding - Aug 29, 2008) |
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The man on the horse in Jackson Square by Charles L Dufour (Unknown Binding - Aug 29, 1969) |
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The circus, by Clark Mills (Unknown Binding - Aug 29, 2008) |
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