Man Controlling Trade
Man Controlling Trade is the name given to two monumental equestrian statues created by Michael Lantz for the Federal Trade Commission Building in Washington, D.C., and dedicated in 1942.Photo: Michael Lantz, Public domain.
- Type: Work of art
- Artwork type: sculpture
- Description: artwork by Michael Lantz
- Also known as: “Man Controlling Trade Sculpture”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include National Mall and National Gallery of Art.
National Mall
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The National Mall, a national park, is a famous 2-mile-long tree-lined, pedestrian-friendly boulevard in Washington, D.C. stretching from the Capitol Building in the east to the Lincoln Memorial and Potomac River on the west.
National Gallery of Art
Museum
Photo: AgnosticPreachersKid, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The National Gallery of Art is an art museum in Washington, D.C., United States, located on the National Mall, between 3rd and 9th Streets, at Constitution Avenue NW. National Gallery of Art is situated 430 feet southeast of Man Controlling Trade.
National Museum of Natural History
Museum
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The National Museum of Natural History is a natural history museum administered by the Smithsonian Institution, located on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., United States. National Museum of Natural History is situated 1,600 feet west of Man Controlling Trade.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include East End and Downtown.
East End
Photo: AgnosticPreachersKid, CC BY-SA 3.0.
East End is D.C.'s old downtown quarter, east of 15th St, and includes the neighborhoods of Chinatown, Penn Quarter, Judiciary Square, and Mount Vernon Square. Most D.C. natives simply call this area Downtown.
Downtown
Suburb
Photo: Kurt Kaiser, CC0.
Downtown is the central business district of Washington, D.C., located in Northwest D.C. It is the third largest central business district in the United States.
Capitol Hill
Photo: Diliff, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Capitol Hill is a venerable neighborhood just east of the Capitol building, best known as the main residence in the city for the legislative and judicial branches of the U.S. government, and for the staffers who run the place.
Man Controlling Trade
- Categories: sculpture, park, and tourism
- Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.89236° or 38° 53′ 33″ northLongitude
-77.02063° or 77° 1′ 14″ westHeight
12 feet (3.7 metres)Open location code
87C4VXRH+WPOpenStreetMap ID
node 358957433OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=artworkOpenStreetMap attribute
artwork_type=sculptureWikidata ID
Q6746166
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to French—“Man Controlling Trade” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Man Controlling Trade Sculpture”
- French: “Man Controlling Trade”
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