xml/lby.00141.xml Icons of Liberty: Liberty Enlightening the World

Root & Tinker, Liberty Enlightening the World (1883)

Root and Tinker, Liberty Enlightening the World (1883). Chromolithograph, 83 x 58.3 cm. New York Public Library, New York. Reproduced from The New York Public Library, Liberty: The French-American Statue in Art and History, Perennial Library, 1986, 170. This lithograph was the "only official authorized edition" which was used for fund raising purposes throughout the city to support the construction of the pedestal for the Statue of Liberty.

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