The Statue of Liberty was the work of French sculptor Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi. For more than a century, people have wondered about the model Bartholdi used for Lady Liberty. Historical records ...
Social media users have been sharing a picture online which they claim shows the woman who was the model for the Statue of Liberty. Most users falsely identify the woman as Isabelle Boyer-Singer.
The statue and a reproduction of her French sculptor’s model will stand close to each other, just as some are asking whose freedom she celebrates. By Roger Cohen PARIS — At the Museum of Arts and ...
The Statue of Liberty has a little sister, a 9-foot casting from Bartholdi's original mold. It departed Normandy by boat and arrives in New York City soon for temporary installation on Ellis Island.