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Liberty Enlightening the World, Offered to the City of Paris by the Americans
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About this work
Although this statue may be recognizable, the scene is not set in New York. Hundreds of smaller versions of the Statue of Liberty reside around the world, including the one depicted in this print, which is located in Paris. Both the United States and France see the statue as a symbol of freedom, and Americans gave one as a gift to Parisians during the 19th century.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineLiberty Enlightening the World, Offered to the City of Paris by the Americans, 1885. After Auguste Louis Lepère (French, 1849–1918), Le Monde Illustré (French, 1857–1940, 1945–1956), Tony Beltrand (French, 1847–1904), and Eugène Dété (French, 1848–1922), Frédéric Florian (Swiss, 1858–1926). Wood engraving; sheet: 45 x 32.4 cm (17 11/16 x 12 3/4 in.); image: 26.2 x 20.2 cm (10 5/16 x 7 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Carole W. and Charles B. Rosenblatt, 2007.293
