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Liberties with Liberty

Statue of Liberty holding a flag and sword

By the time she was installed on Bedloes Island in 1886, the lady called Liberty had become a symbol of the American experience. A gift of the people of France to the people of the United States, the Statue of Liberty served as a welcoming beacon for those who sought to make America their home, and as a proud personification of everything the growing country hoped to be.

This exhibition of 20 color posters, organized by the Museum of American Folk Art and funded by the Xerox Corporation to celebrate the centennial of the Statue of Liberty, traces visual changes in the personification of Liberty in American art. The posters show examples of 19th-century needlework and weaving, and 19th- and 20th-century painting, sculpture, and decorative objects, including weathervanes, scrimshaw, a trade sign, a gatepost finial, and a ship's figurehead, among others.

LIMITED Security
Loan Period: 4 to 6 Weeks
Fee: Free


Code Number:	GA-52
Framed Size:	36" x 24"
Running Feet:	49'
Boxed Weight:	#1, 170 pounds; #2, 170 pounds

Programming Recommendations

To supplement the exhibition, we recommend the following related resources available through the Statewide Program. For more information or to schedule a speaker, workshop or media resource, call 804.204.2681or email edpartner@vmfa.museum.

Media Resources
Videotapes

America and Lewis Hine
The Statue of Liberty