Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, ontwerp voor het beeld en het voetstuk van L’Égypte éclairant l’Orient

The Statue of Liberty, Aerial photograph of New York Harbor and Lady Liberty [1]

Statue Of Liberty, holding a tablet in her left hand with the date of the Declaration of Independence in Roman numerals: July 4, 1776

Statue Of Liberty, holding a torch in her right hand

The raised foot of the Statue of Liberty

The broken chain at the feet of the Statue of Liberty

The raised foot of the Statue of Liberty

In de tekst van het patent of ontwerpoctrooi beschrijft Bartholdi nauwgezet het beeld dat hij voor ogen heeft:

«The statue is that of a female figure standing erect upon a pedestal or block, the body being thrown slightly over to the left, so as to gravitate upon the left leg, the whole figure being thus in equilibrium, and symmetrically arranged with respect to a perpendicular line or axis passing trough the head and left foot. The right leg, with its lower limb thrown back, is bent, resting upon the bent toe, thus giving grace to the general attitude of the figure. The body is clothed in the classical drapery, being a stola, or mantle gathered in upon the left shoulder, and thrown over the skirt or tunic or under-garment, which drops in voluminous folds upon the feet. The right arm is thrown up and stretched out, with a flamboyant torch grasped in the hand. The flame of the torch is thus held high up above the figure. The arm is nude; the drapery of the sleeve is dropping down upon the shoulder in voluminous folds. In the left arm, which is falling against the body, is held a tablet, upon which is inscribed "4th July, 1776." This tablet is made to rest against the side of the body, above the hip, and so as to occupy an inclined position with relation thereto exhibiting the inscription. The left hand clasps the tablet so as to bring the four fingers onto the face thereof. The head with its classical, yet severe and calm features, is surmounted by a crown or diadem, from which radiate divergingly seven rays, tapering from the crown, and representing a halo. The feet are bare and sandal-strapped.' (...) » [7]

De skyline van Manhattan gezien vanaf het Vrijheidsbeeld op Liberty Island [8]

Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi | Het Vrijheidbeeld of la Liberté éclairant le monde, de bewogen geschiedenis van een onbewogen vrouw [1]

Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi | Een kleine geschiedenis [2] Het verhaal van een verbeelding. Achtergrond en inspiratiebronnen van la Liberté éclairant le monde

Pio Fedi, Statua della Libertà della Poesia, tomba Giovanni Battista Niccolini, Santa Croce, Firenze

Album Statue of Liberty

 

Bartholdi, Frédéric (1885). The Statue of Liberty Enlightening the World. North American Review. North American Review.

Dave Eggers, The Statue of Liberty was built to welcome immigrants – that welcome must not end

 

 

Anonyme, Le piédestal de la statue de la Liberté en construction à New-York, 1884, épreuve positive sur papier albuminé, Musée des arts et métiers, Fonds Bartholdi

Albert Fernique, Photograph of a drawing of the Statue of Liberty in Upper New York Bay, 1883

An aviator's photograph of the Statue of Liberty and Bedloe's Island, Harbor of New York

Aerial photograph of New York Harbor, view on the Statue of Libert, Ellis Island and Manhattan

Freedom is not a settled thing … the Statue of Liberty

Statue of Liberty (detail of the head), Libery Island, Upper New York Bay, New York

Het patent of ontwerpoctrooi van Bartholdi voor het Vrijheidsbeeld, uitgegeven in 1879