. Review of reviews and world's work. newworld, is the work which, more than any other,is destined to perpetuate the name of FredericAuguste Bartholdi, the French sculptor, whodied last month in Paris, from tuberculosis, atthe age of seventy. Bartholdi as a youth hadstudied painting with Ary Scheffer, but hadearly found sculpture more to his taste. Bartholdis Liberty was originally designedto commemorate the centennial of American in-dependence, but was not completed until afterthat anniversary. It was presented to theUnited States by France in 1884, was erectedon Bedlows Island, in New York H
. Review of reviews and world's work. newworld, is the work which, more than any other,is destined to perpetuate the name of FredericAuguste Bartholdi, the French sculptor, whodied last month in Paris, from tuberculosis, atthe age of seventy. Bartholdi as a youth hadstudied painting with Ary Scheffer, but hadearly found sculpture more to his taste. Bartholdis Liberty was originally designedto commemorate the centennial of American in-dependence, but was not completed until afterthat anniversary. It was presented to theUnited States by France in 1884, was erectedon Bedlows Island, in New York Harbor, inthe following year, and was dedicated on October28, 1886. Bartholdi was the sculptor of the statue of Lafayette, in Union Square, New York City ;of the equestrian statue of Yercingetorix, inParis, and of a colossal group presented byFrance to Switzerland. The Lion of Belfortis regarded as his masterpiece. He paintedseveral canvases in his later years, two of whichwere entitled, respectively, Old Californiaand New THE STATUE OK LIBERTY IN NEW YORK HARBOR. (The largest bronze statue in the world,—151 feet from thepedestal to the end of tlie torch, the figure being 111 feethigh and the torch being »X> feet above tide level. Thestatue is now in charge of the United States Lighthouse Hoard.) LAFCADIO HEARN, INTERPRETER OF JAPAN.
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