xml/lby.00145.xml Icons of Liberty: "The Arrival of 'Liberty'"

"The Arrival of 'Liberty'," (c. 1884)

"The Arrival of 'Liberty'" (c. 1884). Unidentified newspaper cartoon. The New York Public Library, New York. Reproduced from Liberty: The French-American Statue in Art and History, Perennial Library, 1986, 161. This cartoon shows Uncle Sam offering Liberty a measly pedestal for her to stand upon while committee members Evarts and McDowell squabble over funds in the background.

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