He organized the Bartholdi loan association which raised the money to build the pedestal for the Statue of Liberty in New York harbor.
The Statue of Liberty (“Liberty Enlightening the World,” by Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi) is a monument on Liberty Island in New York Harbor and part of what is referred to as the Statue of Liberty National Monument.
Frédéric Chopin | Auguste Rodin | Pierre-Auguste Renoir | Frederic Rzewski | Frederic Remington | Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres | Frédéric Joliot-Curie | Auguste Renoir | Auguste and Louis Lumière | George Frederic Watts | Frédéric Artru | Auguste Perret | Frederic William Maitland | Frederic Hymen Cowen | Auguste Comte | Jean-Frédéric Phélypeaux, Count of Maurepas | Frederic Louis Norden | Frédéric Belaubre | Frédéric Beigbeder | Auguste Escoffier | Frederic Edwin Church | Frédéric de Coninck | Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi | Auguste Molinier | Richard Auguste Morse | Jacques Auguste de Thou | Frederic Weatherly | Frederic Township, Michigan | Frederic Thesiger, 2nd Baron Chelmsford | Frederic Reynolds |
The lion was sculpted by George William Hill, who was inspired by the Lion of Belfort, a monumental statue by Frédéric Bartholdi in Belfort, France.
Statue of Liberty, colossal statue in New York harbor sculpted by Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi