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Frederic Auguste Bartholdi

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  • Indeed, the statue wasn't originally envisioned by its creator, Frederic Auguste Bartholdi , as offering a welcome salute to the masses streaming toward our shores, but as a monument to Republicanism and amity between the U.S. and France, his homeland.

    Knowing Emma Lazarus Ralph Gardner Jr. 2012

  • The story begins in the 1850s, when the French sculptor Frederic Auguste Bartholdi spent time among the colossal statues in Luxor on the Nile, site of the ancient city of Thebes.

    Egypt's Statue of Liberty William McGurn 2011

  • Napoleon Sarony/Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution Frederic Auguste Bartholdi We apparently also didn't fully appreciate Bartholdi or his statue's genius—neither as a shining symbol of American-style democracy nor as a tourist draw.

    Before Liberty Was a Lady Ralph Gardner Jr. 2011

  • A new scale model of the statue—one of only a dozen that can be copied from Frederic Auguste Bartholdi 's own plaster mold—will be unveiled Wednesday in Manhattan after it was purchased from France by real-estate developer Leonard Stern.

    A New Lady Liberty Lands Laura Kusisto 2011

  • The sculptor, Frederic Auguste Bartholdi, directed its construction, which consisted of hammering copper sheets by hand and assembling them over a framework of four huge steel supports.

    Historical Guide: the Five Monumental Wonders in the U.S.A. 2008

  • Just across Independence Avenue is Bartholdi Park, with its centerpiece, the Bartholdi Fountain, the stunning work depicting three sea nymphs holding a large basin and adorned with fish, turtles and shells (you almost have to see it to take it in) first exhibited in Philadelphia at the International Exposition of 1876, and created by Frederic Auguste Bartholdi, the same sculptor responsible for the Statue of Liberty.

    Home of the Free Stuff 2008

  • The "Star Spangled Banner" was performed, but so was "La Marseillaise", France's national anthem, recognizing that the copper-clad statue was a gift from the people of France to the people of America and designed by the French sculptor Frederic Auguste Bartholdi.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

  • The statue, designed by sculptor Frederic Auguste Bartholdi, was given by the French government to the U.S. as a token of friendship between the two countries and dedicated by President Grover Cleveland.

    Breaking News: CBS News 2011

  • The statue, designed by sculptor Frederic Auguste Bartholdi, was given by the French government to the U.S. as a token of friendship between the two countries and dedicated by President Grover Cleveland.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

  • The statue, designed by sculptor Frederic Auguste Bartholdi, was given by the French government to the U.S. as a token of friendship between the two countries and dedicated by President Grover Cleveland.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

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