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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:American
Title:Liberty Weathervane
Date Made:1886 or after
Type:Sculpture
Materials:copper
Place Made:United States
Measurements:figure only: 38 1/2 x 36 x 2 in.; 97.79 x 91.44 x 5.08 cm; height with base: 41 1/4 in.; 104.775 cm
Narrative Inscription:  unsigned, undated
Accession Number:  SC 2003.30.14
Credit Line:Bequest of Dorothy C. Miller (Mrs. Holger Cahill), class of 1925
Museum Collection:  Smith College Museum of Art
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Description:
Liberty with book in proper right hand, raised flame in proper right hand, standing on an arrow

Label Text:
This weathervane was inspired by the intense national interest in Frederic Auguste Bartholdi's monumental sculpture "Liberty Enlightening the World" ("The Statue of Liberty") when it was erected in 1886 in New York harbor.

Tags:
women; allegory; costume

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