ID: 700008418 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008418	Record Type: Built Work
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Statue of Liberty (statue; Bartholdi, Frédéric Auguste (French sculptor, 1834-190...; dedicated 1886; )

Note: The Statue of Liberty is a colossal copper statue sculpture located on Liberty Island in New York Harbor, in New York City. A gift from the people of France to the United States, it was designed by French sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi and built by Gustave Eiffel. The Statue of Liberty is a female allegorical figire of the Roman goddess Libertas.She holds a torch above her head, and in her left arm carries a tablet inscribed "July 4, 1776 lies at her feet. She is considered an icon of freedom and of the United States, and a welcoming sight to immigrants arriving from abroad. Various portions of the statue were exhibited before its completion, with the torch-bearing arm displayed at the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia in 1876, and the statue's head on exhibit at the Paris World's Fair, 1878. The statue's was completed in 1886, and dedicated at New York's first ticker-tape parade by President Grover Cleveland. Since 1933, the statue has been maintained by the National Park Service. Public access to the torch balcony in 1916, due to it sagging from tourism.

Titles:

Statue of Liberty (preferred,C,U,undetermined,U,U)

Liberty Enlightening the World (H,U,undetermined,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

statue [300047600] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, sculpture (visual works), <sculpture by subject type>)

Classifications:

sculptures (preferred)

Creation Date: dedicated 1886

Creator Display:

Bartholdi, Frédéric Auguste (French sculptor, 1834-1904); Gustave Eiffel (French architect and engineer, 1832-1923) [preferred,VP]

sculptor Bartholdi, Frédéric Auguste (French sculptor, 1834-1904) Extent: sculpture [500012902]

designer Eiffel, Gustave (French architect and engineer, 1832-1923) Extent: execution [500000800]

designer Viollet-Le-Duc, Adolphe Etienne, II (French painter, 1817-1878) Extent: execution [500044362]

architect Hunt, Richard Morris (American architect, 1827-1895) Extent: base [500029112]

Locations:

Liberty Island [1007854] Hudson county (county), New Jersey (state), United States (nation), North and Central America (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Display Materials: copper

	copper (metal) [300011020]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, metal, <metal by composition or origin>, nonferrous metal, <copper and copper alloy>)

Dimensions: Ground to torch: 305 feet 1 inch

General Subject:

human figures (preferred,isness)

allegory

Specific Subjects:

	Liberty [901001074]
	.....((Miscellaneous allegorical or symbolic characters, Miscellaneous Allegory, Symbolism, Theme, Miscellaneous Topics)) (ICON)

	colossal sculpture [300047453]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, sculpture (visual works), <sculpture by subject type>, statues) (AAT)

	monument [300006958]
	.....(Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>) (AAT)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Built Works

.......... Built Works by class: monuments and monumental structures

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: carvings and sculptures

Sources and Contributors:
Statue of Liberty	........ [VP]
	........ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) accessed 12 May 2014
Liberty Enlightening the World	........ [VP]
	........ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) accessed 12 May 2014

Subject: ....... [VP]

....................... Encyclopedia Britannica Online (1994-2001) "Statue of Liberty," accessed 18 April 2017

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Encyclopedia Britannica Online (1994-2001) "Statue of Liberty," accessed 18 April 2017