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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.
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 ...
A replica of the Statue of Liberty is located near the Lincoln High School in Ellwood City, Pennsylvania. [71] 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 ...
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 ...
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.
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.
A large bronze statue of the late civil rights icon leader and Georgia congressman John Lewis was installed Friday, at the very spot where a contentious monument to the confederacy stood for more ...
The Statue of Liberty National Monument is a United States national monument comprising Liberty Island and Ellis Island in the states of New Jersey and New York. [5] It includes the 1886 Statue of Liberty (Liberty Enlightening the World) by sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi and the Statue of Liberty Museum, both situated on Liberty Island, as well as the former immigration station at Ellis ...