Statue Of Liberty On Liberty Island, New York Harbor, USA Editorial Image

Statue of Liberty is a colossal neoclassical sculpture on Liberty Island in New York Harbor in New York, in the United States. The copper statue, a gift from the people of France to the people of the United States, was designed by French sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi and its metal framework was built by Gustave Eiffel. The statue was dedicated on October 28, 1886The Statue of Liberty is a figure of Libertas, a robed Roman liberty goddess. She holds a torch above her head with her right hand, representing progress and in her left hand carries a ‘tabula ansata’ inscribed in Roman numerals with `JULY IV MDCCLXXVI` July 4, 1776, the date of the U.S. Declaration of Independence. A broken shackle and chain lie at her feet as she walks forward to commemorate the recent national abolition of slavery. The statue became an icon of freedom and of the United States, and a national park tourism destination. Picture taken on August 27, 2015, while on a boat cruise on the Hudson River, on a bright day with a clear blue sky and patches of white clouds. Shot with a Canon DSLR EOS 550D, focal length 75 mm, f/4.5, shutter speed 1/2000 sec