Frédéric Bartholdi

Frédéric Bartholdi (French: [fʁedeʁik oɡyst baʁtɔldi]; 2 August 1834 – 4 October 1904) was a French sculptor. He designed the Statue of Liberty. He was born on 2 August 1834 in Colmar, France. He died on 4 October 1904 in Paris because of tuberculosis, aged 70.

Bartholdi in 1898

Front page of Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, week ending 13 June 1885