Watercolour of one of the most recognisable icons. The Statue of Liberty is a colossal neoclassical sculpture located on Liberty Island in New York Harbor, gifted to the United States by France. Designed by French sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi with the metal framework engineered by Gustave Eiffel, it was dedicated on October 28, 1886.
The statue depicts a robed female figure representing Libertas, the Roman goddess of liberty. She holds a torch in her right hand and a tablet inscribed with the date of the U.S. Declaration of Independence (July 4, 1776) in her left. Her left foot steps on a broken chain, symbolizing the abolition of slavery.
The statue stands about 151 feet tall, atop a pedestal designed by American architect Richard Morris Hunt. It was constructed using thin copper sheets over an iron framework, a pioneering engineering feat of the 19th century.
 
Interesting facts...
Her skin is very thin only two pennies width making her a structural marvel. The chains at her feet are partly hidden as the abolition on slavery was a controversal thing at the time.
In some ways the statue is a sister to the Eiffel tower as both structures were designed by Gustave Eiffel
Increadibly The statue was almost made to “speak” via a giant gramophone proposed by Thomas Edison, but the idea was rejected. Apparently she would have given speaches and warned of fog via a giant disc inside.