30 & 31. The Statue of Liberty
In these episodes we are once again on the trail of a statue that is no longer here but for a very different reason to last time. The statue of Liberty, as you probably know, was a gift from the French to the Americans. In Paris there are actually 7 different small replicas of Madame Liberty and the one which used to be outside the Arts & Metiers museum, which was made from Bartholdi’s original plaster model, is being sent to America for the 135 anniversary of her big sister’s original voyage. She was sent first to NY and then will be heading to Washington DC. Find out how the idea came about, how she was nearly never made and how she nearly became the statue of Liberté!
Sources & More
Find a map to the other statues of Liberty here
Podcasts:
By far the best and most informative The History Chicks:
also, In Our Time by the BBC:
in French Au Coeur de l’histoire
Websites etc..
Une petite soeur de la Statue de la Liberté quitte Paris pour Washington
Où se cachent les six statues de la liberté parisiennes ?
Paris : Le Centaure de César - Place Michel-Debré - VIème
Construction de la statue de la Liberté
The Two Frenchmen Behind America's Leading Symbol
France Crowning Art and Industry
Egypt Carrying the Light to Asia
1900 - Le ballon de la porte des Ternes - Paris Unplugged
La Liberté éclairant la rue de Chazelles
La construction de la statue de la Liberté - Musée des arts et métiers — Google Arts & Culture
