Statue of Liberty, Liberty Island, New York, USA


The Statue of Liberty is a huge neoclassical sculpture on Liberty Island in New York Harbour in New York City, USA. The statue, designed by Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, a French sculptor and dedicated on October 28, 1886, was a gift to the United States from the people of France. The statue is of a robed female figure representing Libertas, the Roman goddess, who bears a torch and a tabula ansata (a tablet evoking the law) upon which is inscribed the date of the American Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776. A broken chain lies at her feet. The statue is an icon of freedom and of the United States: a welcoming signal to immigrants arriving from abroad.


Size: 4224px × 2604px
Location: Liberty Island, New York, NY, USA
Photo credit: © Carl DeAbreu / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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