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

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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 Chinatown.

East End

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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.

Chinatown

Neighborhood

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Washington, D.C.'s Chinatown is a small, historic area of Downtown Washington, D.C. along H and I Streets between 5th and 8th Streets, Northwest. The area was once home to thousands of Chinese immigrants, but fewer than 300 remained in 2017.

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.

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″ north

Longitude

-77.02063° or 77° 1′ 14″ west

Height

12 feet (3.7 metres)

Open location code

87C4VXRH+WP

OpenStreetMap ID

node 358957433

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=artwork

OpenStreetMap attribute

artwork_type=sculpture

Wikidata 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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Highlights include Unmarked site of the assassination of President James A. Garfield and Andrew W. Mellon Memorial Fountain.

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