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    		• Bartholdi, Frederic Auguste,
     
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    		• Friedley-Voshardt Company,
     
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    		• Figure female -- Full length
     
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    		• Allegory -- Civic
     
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    		• Object -- Written Matter
     
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    		• Object -- Other
     
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    		• Dress -- Historic
     
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    		• Dress -- Accessory
     
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    		• Copy
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Virginia -- Richmond
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Statue of Liberty Replica, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Unknown, sculptor.
    Bartholdi, Frederic Auguste, 1834-1904, sculptor. (copy after)
    Friedley-Voshardt Company, founder.
    Title: 
    Statue of Liberty Replica, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Miss Liberty, (sculpture).
    Liberty, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated Feb. 11, 1951. Reinstalled July 3, 1986.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image
    Medium: 
    Figure: hammered copper, partially gilded; Base: cobblestone, probably granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Figure: approx. 8 ft. x 1 ft. 10.5 in. x 1 ft. 10.5 in.; Base: approx. H. 8.5 ft. x Diam. 23 ft.
    Inscription: 
    unsigned
    Description: 
    A female figure, representing Liberty, dressed in long flowing robes and a headpiece, stands with her proper right arm raised, holding a torch. Her proper left arm cradles a tablet which is inscribed July 4, 1776 in Roman numerals. The figure is placed atop an attenuated base that rests on a star-shaped platform.
    Subject: 
    Figure female -- Full length
    Allegory -- Civic -- Liberty
    Object -- Written Matter
    Object -- Other -- Torch
    Dress -- Historic -- Classical Dress
    Dress -- Accessory -- Hat
    Object Type: 
    Copy
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Virginia -- Richmond
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Richmond, Department of Recreation and Parks, 900 East Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219
    Located Chimborazo Park, Richmond, Virginia
    Remarks: 
    This is one of nearly 200 small replicas of Bartholdi's Statue of Liberty (IAS record 76003645) placed around the country as part of the Boy Scouts of America's 40th anniversary (1950). According to a March 1986 Fact Sheet from the Boy Scouts of American (on file in IAS), the idea for the project originated with Jack Whitaker, then Scout Commissioner of the Kansas City Area Council. The copper statues were manufactured by Friedley-Voshardt Co. (Chicago, IL) and purchased through the Kansas City Boy Scouts office.
    The Richmond sculpture cost $1,000 and funds were raised by the Robert E. Lee Council, with scouts contributed 25 cents each. The City of Richmond contributed the cobblestones which make up the figure's base and platform, which were constructed with the support of area businesses such as Berry-Burke Company. The sculpture was restored in 1986 by Karkadoulias Bronze Art (Cincinnati, Ohio) and rededicated July 4, 1986. IAS files contain articles from Richmond News Leader, Jan. 29, 1951 and Feb. 10, 1951; and Richmond Times-Dispatch, June 26, 1955 and April 23, 1985. IAS files contain additional citations for related articles and transcription of commemorative plaque now missing from base.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Virginia survey, 1995.
    Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985.
    Commonwealth of Virginia, Virginia Landmarks Commission, 1974.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Note: 
    The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
    Repository: 
    Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
    Control Number: 
    IAS 75008437
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