Tuhia he haere tonu mō tēnei wāhanga - i hangaia e Bartholdi tētahi tauira tuatahi o tana ariā i te tau 1870. Ko te tama a te hoa o Bartholdi, te kaitoi US a John LaFarge, i kii i muri mai i hangaia e Bartholdi nga whakairoiro tuatahi mo te whakapakoko i tana haerenga ki te US i te whare whakairo o La Farge o Rhode Island. I haere tonu a Bartholdi ki te whakawhanake i te kaupapa i muri i tana hokinga ki Parani. I mahi hoki ia i runga i te maha o nga whakairo i hangaia hei whakapakari i te aroha whenua French i muri i te hinganga o nga Prussians. Ko tētahi o ēnei ko te "Lion of Belfort", he whakairo nui i whakairo ki te kohatu onepu i raro i te pa kaha o Belfort, i te wā o te pakanga i aukati i te whakapae a Prussia
neke atu i te toru marama Ko te raiona whakakeke, he roa, he hawhe te teitei, e whakaatu ana i te kounga o te wairua o te Romanticism, ka kawea mai e Bartholdi ki te Statue of Liberty.