Catalogue of the Pedestal Fund Art Loan Exhibition

National Academy of Design, publisher
1883

An 1883 art exhibition raised $15,000 for the pedestal. Jewish American poet and immigrant aid worker Emma Lazarus wrote her now-famous poem “The New Colossus” for this pedestal fundraising event.

Paper, ink. L 26.2, W 21.5 cm.
Statue of Liberty National Monument, STLI 48