Statue of Liberty design patentIn 1897, a U.S. design patent was issued to Auguste Bartholdi for a monumental statue intended to commemorate the independence of the United States, “Liberty Enlightening the World,”now known as the Statue of Liberty (No. D11,023). The patent described the design as “a female figure standing erect upon a pedestal or block ... The body is clothed in the classical drapery or stola ... The right arm is thrown up and stretched out with a flamboyant torch grasped in the hand ... In the left arn, which is falling against the body, is held a tablet, upon which is inscribed ‘4th July, 1776.’... The head is surmounted by a crown or diadem, from which radiate divergingly seven rays tapering from the crown, and representing a halo.... ”« |
