Frédéric Bartholdi

French sculptor and painter (1834–1904)

Frédéric Bartholdi (French: [fʁedeʁik oɡyst baʁtɔldi]; 2 August 1834 – 4 October 1904) was a French sculptor. He designed the Statue of Liberty. He was born on 2 August 1834 in Colmar, France. He died on 4 October 1904 in Paris because of tuberculosis, aged 70.

Bartholdi in 1898
Front page of Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, week ending 13 June 1885

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