3493256 The Great Bartholdi Statue ??Liberty Enlightening the World, 1885 (hand-colored lithograph) by Currier, N. (1813-88) and Ives, J.M. (1824-95); Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA; (add.info.: The tallest structure in New York City when dedicated in 1886, the bronze Statue of Liberty was created by Frederic Auguste Bartholdi (French, 1834-1904) and given to the American people by the citizens of France who had supported the revolution, in recognition and celebration of the centennial of the United States and its pursuit of liberty. ).