Statue of Liberty Replica - Oneonta, NY
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N 42° 27.034 W 075° 03.486
18T E 495222 N 4699805
This statue is administered by Boy Scouts of America Otschodela Council Oneonta New York.
Waymark Code: WMWV42
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 10/15/2017
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"Allegorical female figure, representing Liberty, stands holding a torch aloft in her proper right hand. A book or tablet is crooked in her proper left elbow. The figure wears Classical-style robes and a star-like crown. The sculpture stands on a square pedestal."
TITLE: Statue of Liberty Replica
ARTIST(S): Bartholdi, Frederic Auguste (copy after)
DATE: 1951
MEDIUM: Sculpture: copper?; Base: concrete
CONTROL NUMBER: IAS NY000399
Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link]
PHYSICAL LOCATION:
Neawha Park Oneonta New York
DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH:
text: With the faith and courage of their forefathers who made possible the freedom of these United States the Boy Scouts of America dedicate this copy of the statue of Liberty as a pledge of everlasting fidelity and loyalty The crusade to strengthen Liberty 1951
It looks more like painted concrete than copper. Instead of developing a blue patina it is peeling and revealing gray. The shade of copper is questionable.
One of the spikes in her crown is bent.
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