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''Andrew Jackson'' is a 1928 bronze sculpture 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 Belle Marshall Kinney Scholz (1890–1959) was an American sculptor, born in Tennessee who worked and died in New York state. Early life Belle Kinney was one of four children born to Captain D.C. Kenny and Elizabeth Morrison Kenny. She was bor ...
and Leopold Scholz, installed in the United States Capitol, in Washington D.C., as part of the
National Statuary Hall Collection The National Statuary Hall Collection in the United States Capitol is composed of statues donated by individual states to honor persons notable in their history. Limited to two statues per state, the collection was originally set up in the old ...
. 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


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1928 in art Events from the year 1928 in art. Events * January 7 – The Tate Gallery, London, is one of the buildings flooded by the 1928 Thames flood. * March 26 – The China Academy of Art is founded in Hangzhou (originally named the National Academ ...
* Equestrian statue of Andrew Jackson, Lafayette Square, Washington, D.C. *
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 ...


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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 {{US-sculpture-stub