Pedestal for Bartholdi's Statue of Liberty on Bedloe's Island, New York Harbor [and insert of head and shoulder portrait of Bartholdi] – Vintage Wall Art
![Pedestal for Bartholdi's Statue of Liberty on Bedloe's Island, New York Harbor [and insert of head and shoulder portrait of Bartholdi], 1885 — antique engraving](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/b1/b195552abff3-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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This rare antique engraving captures Pedestal for Bartholdi's Statue of Liberty on Bedloe's Island, New York Harbor [and insert of head and shoulder portrait of Bartholdi] in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Pedestal for Bartholdi's Statue of Liberty on Bedloe's Island, New York Harbor [and insert of head and shoulder portrait of Bartholdi]
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Rather than a view of the finished monument, this wood engraving shows the granite pedestal being built on Bedloe's Island in New York Harbor, with an inset head-and-shoulders portrait of the sculptor, Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, placed beside it. The image appeared in *Harper's Weekly* on June 6, 1885, as the American side of the project was still raising money and readying a base for the copper statue that France had gifted. Its pairing of the site with the sculptor's face shows how the magazine presented the statue as a joint Franco-American undertaking.
| Created / published | 1885 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : wood engraving. |
| Subjects | Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, v. 29, (1885 June 6), p. 356. Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Caption card tracings: B.I.; NYC--St. of Lib. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,060 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-157424 |
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![[View from Statue of Liberty of visitors walking beneath the raised right hand of the statue which casts a shadow on Bedloe's Island in New York Harbor]](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/ae/ae8c40edf64a-400.webp)
