In 1848, Mills Foundry was selected by the Jackson Monument Committee to create an equestrian statue of Andrew Jackson.
The memorial statue to Andrew Jackson is in Lafayette Square, near the White House in Washington, D.C.
For this contract Mills moved to Washington from Charleston, bringing with him eleven slaves including the master craftsman, Philip Reid, who had become Mills' apprentice.
 They erected a temporary foundry south of the White House for the casting.
According to the Smithsonian's James M. Goode, Mills with the assistance of his apprentice, Reid and laborers, produced six castings of the equestrian statue.
When the bronze casting was completed in 1852, it was considered to be the  "first bronze statue ever cast in America", according to The Architect of the Capitol .
They had made it through "trial and error" making its "accomplishment" quite extraordinary—none of the workers, including Mills had any formal training.
It has been described as the first equestrian statue made in America, and possibly the first equestrian statue of a horse rearing on two legs in which no additional support was added.
In 1848, Mills Foundry was selected by the Jackson Monument Committee to create an equestrian statue of Andrew Jackson. The memorial statue to Andrew Jackson is in Lafayette Square, near the White House in Washington, D.C.
For this contract Mills moved to Washington from Charleston, bringing with him eleven slaves including the master craftsman, Philip Reid, who had become Mills' apprentice.  They erected a temporary foundry south of the White House for the casting. According to the Smithsonian's James M. Goode, Mills with the assistance of his apprentice, Reid and laborers, produced six castings of the equestrian statue. When the bronze casting was completed in 1852, it was considered to be the  "first bronze statue ever cast in America", according to The Architect of the Capitol . They had made it through "trial and error" making its "accomplishment" quite extraordinary—none of the workers, including Mills had any formal training. It has been described as the first equestrian statue made in America, and possibly the first equestrian statue of a horse rearing on two legs in which no additional support was added.
Clark Mills Studio