The light of democracy — examining the Statue of Liberty

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Statue of Liberty, New York Harbor, installed 1886, conceived by Édouard Laboulaye, sculpture designed by Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, engineered by Gustave Eiffel, pedestal designed by Richard Morris Hunt. Speakers: Dr. Elizabeth Macaulay and Dr. Steven Zucker

 

Additional resources:

Official website from the National Parks Service

Rediscovering An Ornate Cast Of Cast-Iron Buildings (New York Times)

Biography of Bartholdi from the National Gallery of Art

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Cite this page as: Dr. Elizabeth Macaulay and Dr. Steven Zucker, "The light of democracy — examining the Statue of Liberty," in Smarthistory, April 25, 2018, accessed March 24, 2023, https://smarthistory.org/statue-of-liberty/.