The Bartholdi Statue of Liberty / drawn by John Durkin. – Vintage Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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The Bartholdi Statue of Liberty / drawn by John Durkin. comes to life in this antique engraving, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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The Bartholdi Statue of Liberty / drawn by John Durkin.
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Drawn by John Durkin for the January 19, 1884, issue of *Harper's Weekly*, this wood engraving shows Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi's statue while it was still under construction in France. Bartholdi designed the monument as a gift from the French people to the United States, and in 1884 the full figure was being assembled in Paris, far from its eventual site in New York Harbor. Wood engraving was the standard way to reproduce drawings in magazines of the period, so the picture shows how many American readers first encountered the statue, long before it stood over the harbor. The statue was dedicated in October 1886.
| Created / published | 1884 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : wood engraving. |
| Genre | Periodical illustrations 1880-1890.Wood engravings 1880-1890. |
| Notes | Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1884 Jan. 19, p. 41. |
| Subjects | Bartholdi, Frederic Auguste,--1834-1904. Statue of Liberty (New York, N.Y.)--1880-1890. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 2,515 × 3,774 px · prints to 8 × 13 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-188529 |
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