Statue of Liberty Replica, (sculpture)
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Object Details
- sculptor
- Unknown
- Bartholdi, Frederic Auguste 1834-1904 (copy after)
- founder
- Friedley-Voshardt Company
- Save Outdoor Sculpture, Virginia survey, 1995.
- Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985.
- Commonwealth of Virginia, Virginia Landmarks Commission, 1974.
- Image on file.
- unsigned
- The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
- Summary
- A female figure, representing Liberty, dressed in long flowing robes and a headpiece, stands with her proper right arm raised, holding a torch. Her proper left arm cradles a tablet which is inscribed July 4, 1776 in Roman numerals. The figure is placed atop an attenuated base that rests on a star-shaped platform.
- Dedicated Feb. 11, 1951. Reinstalled July 3, 1986
- Control number
- IAS 75008437
- Type
- Sculptures-Copy
- Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
- Sculptures
- Medium
- Figure: hammered copper, partially gilded; Base: cobblestone, probably granite
- Owner/Location
- Administered by City of Richmond Department of Recreation and Parks 900 East Broad Street Richmond Virginia 23219
- Located Chimborazo Park Richmond Virginia
- Title
- Miss Liberty, (sculpture)
- Liberty, (sculpture)
- Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
- Topic
- Figure female--Full length
- Allegory--Civic--Liberty
- Object--Written Matter
- Object--Other--Torch
- Dress--Historic--Classical Dress
- Dress--Accessory--Hat
- Record ID
- siris_ari_14766
- Metadata Usage (text)
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