Liberty statue in the Luxembourg garden

The first (original) statue stands in the Jardin du Luxembourg: an information panel on the pedestal claims that it is a bronze model used by Bartholdi as part of the preparatory work for the New York statue; the artist offered it to the Luxembourg museum in 1900 and it was placed in the park in 1906. The date written on this statue's tablet (where the New York statue has "JULY IV MDCCLXXVI") is "15 novembre 1889", the date at which the larger Parisian replica was inaugurated (Wikipedia).

The larger replica is on the Swan's island http://365project.org/parisouailleurs/365/2011-09-09

PS: Some ***** have stolen the torch!!

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