The special status of a man whose face is the prototype of the Statue of Liberty

Everyone thinks the face of the Statue of Liberty is described by the face of the author, but a recent study indicates that the original work is the author's brother.

The Statue of Liberty (the full name of the World-Illuminating Liberal Goddess) is an ultra-modern neoclassical sculpture, placed on Liberty Island in New York harbor. This work was designed by Frederic Bartholdi architect and was inaugurated on October 28, 1886. This is a gift from the French people to the United States.

Everyone thinks of the Statue of Liberty imitating the face of the author.

The statue was the original idea of ​​a French politician Edouard Laboulaye . He is also a supporter of this project which was started as well as financial mobilization to build the statue. French young sculptor Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi is responsible for the design of the building.

Architect Frederic Bartholdi

Up to now, many people have been surprised to learn that the face of the statue is modeled after the face of author Bartholdi. However, they will be even more surprised to know that the information is not true, the face of the Statue of Liberty is precisely modeled after a man's face.

Mitchell argued that the Statue of Liberty was built on Bartholdi's brother's face.

In a study called The Great Adventure To Build The Statue Of Liberty, author Mitchell argued that the Statue of Liberty was built on Bartholdi's brother's face.

Mitchell said: " When I looked at the statue and photograph of Bartholdi's mother carefully, I discovered many different points. Bartholdi's mother has more curved eyebrows, thinner lips and a small nose. more than that, Bartholdi is famous for its accuracy, so there can't be so much deviation . "

" However, when I saw a picture of his brother in the document, I had something vague, after carefully studying, I found his brother's face really like the statue. "

Mitchell said Bartholdi's brother, Jean-Charles Bartholdi, had to live his later life with mental illness and once a week, Bartholdi went to the hospital to take care of his brother.

Mitchell said that because Jean - Charles was dumb, both would have hours to look at each other, so this was a favorable condition for Bartholdi to ponder over and carefully study the edges of the face.

Finally, nine years from the beginning, until 1884, this massive work was completed. Later, this giant iron block was "chopped" into 214 boxes to transport from France to the US.

Nine years since its inception, by 1884, this massive project was completed

Previously, architect Bartholdi had come to America first to discuss with US President Ulysses Grant about the location of this statue. The first location offered was Bedloe Island, a convenient place for all boats passing by the New York port to see. However, the US president said that it was a waste to requisition the island just to place the statue. Therefore, the last unified position is a small island overlooking the port of New York City. Today, this island is known as Liberty.

The last unified position is a small island overlooking the port of New York City.

Over 125 years, the Statue of Liberty still stands firmly there with wishes for freedom and peace in the world.