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The Statue of Liberty (Liberty Enlightening the World; French: La Liberté éclairant le monde) is a colossal neoclassical sculpture on Liberty Island in New York Harbor, within New York City. The copper -clad statue, a gift to the United States from the people of France , was designed by French sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi and its ...
Uploaded a work by {{Author|original|{{Creator:Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi}}}} from UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. AUGUSTE BARTHOLDI, OF PARIS, FRANCE. DESGN FOR A STATUE. Specification forming part of Design No. 11,028, dated February 18, 1879; application filed January 2, 1879. Term of patent 14 years.
Bartholdi broached the idea of a massive statue and once its design was approved, the Union Franco-Américaine raised more than 1 million francs throughout France for its building. [3] In 1879, Bartholdi was awarded design patent U.S. patent D11,023 for the Statue of Liberty.
Bronze [78] Dennis Chavez Statue: 1966 Felix W. de Weldon: Senate Wing, 2nd Floor, U.S. Capitol Building: Bronze: A brown bronze statue of Dennis Chavez. He is holding a hat in his right hand, and is looking to the left. The pedestal that the statue sits atop is made of marble. [79] Discovery of Gold in California: 1855-1863 Constantino Brumidi ...
Depicts the statue's original copper-bronze hue, but situates it facing southward instead of eastward. Manhattan and the Brooklyn Bridge are visible in the background. Reason A high resolution Currier and Ives chromolithograph of the Statue of Liberty published one year before the statue was erected. Restored version of File:Currier and Ives ...
Crawford's most important works after these were ordered by the federal government for the United States Capitol at Washington. First among these was a marble pediment bearing life-size figures symbolical of the progress of American civilization; next in order came a bronze figure Freedom Triumphant in War and Peace which surmounts the dome; and last of these, and of his life-work, was a ...
A replica of the Statue of Liberty is located near the Lincoln High School in Ellwood City, Pennsylvania. [68] A bronze replica of the Statue of Liberty resides in Neenah, Wisconsin. It was cast in California by the Great American Bronze Works. This version of the Statue of Liberty is 14 feet, 6 inches tall. It is 10 percent the size of the ...
A monumental statue for the top of the national Capitol appeared in architect Thomas U. Walter's original drawing for the new cast-iron dome, which was authorized in 1855. Walter's drawing showed the outline of a statue representing the Goddess of Liberty; Crawford proposed instead an allegorical figure of Freedom Triumphant in War and Peace.