Presentation Drawing of The Statue of Liberty Illuminating the World Metal Print

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This is the original drawing of how the Statue of Liberty was going to look, it is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. I watched a show on PBS all about the statue. I was really surprised that the original intent was that it was to represent the end of slavery, most people have no idea about this! In this original version she has broken chains in her left hand. In the end there were a little bit of broken chain at her feet.

The following story by Carissa Chesanek, came from here https://www.statueoflibertytour.com/blog/the-original-statue-of-liberty-celebrating-the-end-of-slavery/

It's a little long so I am posting the first part, you can go to the link to read the rest.

The Statue of Liberty is one of the most prominent monuments in the world, but few people know its connection to Civil Rights, slavery, and emancipation. Visitors travel from all over to see the magnificent structure in New York, bringing in roughly 4.5 million people every year. Yet the original m...

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