Statue poses

 


This is something I just heard, and I can’t attest to the accuracy of it but….on a statue with a military rider, the horse's pose describes how the rider died. So if the statue has a horse with both front hooves in the air, that means that the rider died in battle. If the horse is posed with one front leg up, that means that the rider was wounded in battle or died of battle wounds and if all four hooves are on the ground that means the rider died of causes outside of battle. 


                                 This is Andrew Jackson who died at home in his bed