Major General George B. McClellan is an equestrian statue in Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....

, by Frederick William MacMonnies

Frederick William MacMonnies

Frederick William MacMonnies was the best known expatriate American sculptor of the Beaux-Arts school, as successful and lauded in France as he was in the United States...

, (1863–1937).

It is located at the intersection of Connecticut Avenue, Columbia Road

Columbia Road

Columbia Road is a street in Washington, D.C., that forks from Connecticut Avenue north of Dupont Circle, and branches north and east through 16th Street to the McMillan Reservoir...

, and California Street, N.W. Washington D.C.

It was approved by an act of Congress on March 3, 1901 (31 Stat. 1174).
A competition was held by the McClellan Statue Commission, but the entries were thrown out, and MacMonnies was selected. Augustus Saint-Gaudens

Augustus Saint-Gaudens

Augustus Saint-Gaudens was the Irish-born American sculptor of the Beaux-Arts generation who most embodied the ideals of the "American Renaissance"...

 was on the commission, and was a teacher of MacMonnies.
It cost $50,000.
It was exhibited at the Paris Salon of 1906.
It was dedicated on May 2, 1907.
The statue is a contributing monument to the Civil War Monuments in Washington, DC

Civil War Monuments in Washington, DC

Civil War Monuments in Washington, D.C. is a group of 18 statues, that are spread out through much of central and northwest Washington, D.C. The statues depict 11 Union generals, and only one Confederate general, Albert Pike, who is depicted as a Mason rather than a military man. Two Union...

, of the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

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.

The inscription reads:

MAC MONNIES

E. GRUET JNE FONDEUR

(Base, front:)

MAJOR GENERAL GEORGE BRINTON MCCLELLAN 1826-1885

(Base, rear:)

ERECTED BY THE

GRAND ARMY OF THE POTOMAC

AND THE

CONGRESS OF THE VNITED STATES

1907

External links

• "McClellan, George B., Maj Gen, Washington, DC", Waymarking
• "Monument Monday – George B. McClellan in Washington, DC", I stop over