New York - the unvailing [i.e., unveiling] of the Bartholdi Statue of Liberty, October 28th - President Cleveland passing through the fleet of assembled vessels in the launch Vixne, on his way to Bedlow's Island [4 sailors standing in foregrd.; Statue of Liberty in backgrd.] – Antique Print
![New York - the unvailing [i.e., unveiling] of the Bartholdi Statue of Liberty, October 28th - President Cleveland passing through the fleet of assembled vessels in the launch Vixne, on his way to Bedlow's Island [4 sailors standing in foregrd.; Statue of Liberty in backgrd.], 1886 — antique engraving](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/ac/ac2990e30762-L.webp)
(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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Few images capture their era like this antique engraving of New York - the unvailing [i.e., unveiling] of the Bartholdi Statue of Liberty, October 28th - President Cleveland passing through the fleet of assembled vessels in the launch Vixne, on his way to Bedlow's Island [4 sailors standing in foregrd.; Statue of Liberty in backgrd.]. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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New York - the unvailing [i.e., unveiling] of the Bartholdi Statue of Liberty, October 28th - President Cleveland passing through the fleet of assembled vessels in the launch Vixne, on his way to Bedlow's Island [4 sailors standing in foregrd.; Statue of Liberty in backgrd.]
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President Grover Cleveland is shown passing through a line of assembled vessels in a launch on his way to Bedloe's Island for the unveiling of the Statue of Liberty on October 28, 1886. Four sailors stand in the foreground, with the statue rising in the background. The wood engraving ran in *Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper* in early November that year, and it captures the naval pageantry that marked the French gift to the American people.
| Created / published | 1886 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : wood engraving. |
| Notes | Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 63, no. 1624 (1886 Nov. 6), p. 181. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,379 × 2,100 px · prints to 5 × 7 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-157435 |
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