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[Workmen constructing the Statue of Liberty in Bartholdi's Parisian warehouse workshop; first model; left hand; and quarter-size head--Winter 1882?] – Antique Wall Art

[Workmen constructing the Statue of Liberty in Bartholdi's Parisian warehouse workshop; first model; left hand; and quarter-size head--Winter 1882?], [1882 or 1883] — historic photograph
[Workmen constructing the Statue of Liberty in Bartholdi's Parisian warehouse workshop; first model; left hand; and quarter-size head--Winter 1882?], [1882 or 1883]. Historic photograph from the Statue of Liberty collection.

(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 photographs show the Statue of Liberty before it left France, and this one captures the work in progress in Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi's Paris workshop. Workmen stand among the parts of the figure, including a large hand and a quarter-size model of the head, which were used to check proportions before enlargement. The statue was a gift from the people of France to the United States, and the workshop stage was where its copper sheets were shaped over wooden and iron frameworks. The picture is worth studying for how much of the monument was built as separate, scaled pieces.

Created / published[1882 or 1883]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1880-1890.
SubjectsStatue of Liberty (New York, N.Y.)--1880-1890. Workshops--France--Paris--1880-1890.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan2,842 × 1,937 px · prints to 9 × 6 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-128658

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