Bartholdi's Statue of Liberty - the illumination of New York Harbor [Bird's-eye view of the statue, harbor and fireworks] – Vintage Map Wall Art
![Bartholdi's Statue of Liberty - the illumination of New York Harbor [Bird's-eye view of the statue, harbor and fireworks], 1886 — antique engraving](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/b2/b20c82a56199-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 Bartholdi's Statue of Liberty - the illumination of New York Harbor [Bird's-eye view of the statue, harbor and fireworks]. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Bartholdi's Statue of Liberty - the illumination of New York Harbor [Bird's-eye view of the statue, harbor and fireworks]
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A bird's-eye view sets this scene apart, showing the statue on Bedloe's Island with fireworks bursting over the harbor. Charles Graham drew it, and the wood engraving ran in *Harper's Weekly* on November 6, 1886, about a week after the statue was dedicated on October 28. The French gift, designed by Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, was marked with festivities that turned the harbor into a spectacle, and the engraver had to render glow and smoke in black and white using dense lines.
| Created / published | 1886 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : wood engraving. |
| Subjects | Wood engraving after drawing by Charles Graham. Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, v. 30, (1886 November 6), p. 716-717. Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Caption card tracings: Publ. Ind.; NYC--Harbor; NYC--Statue of Lib.; Fireworks; Lighting. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 2,163 × 1,500 px · prints to 7 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-157425 |
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