The Statue of Liberty was the work of French sculptor Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi. For more than a century, people have wondered about the model Bartholdi used for Lady Liberty.

The Statue of Liberty was gifted to the United States by the French people and revealed to the world in New York harbor on Oct. 28, 1886. (iStock) Another X user commented, "I agree with the mural." ...

Sculptor Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi liked the idea and began creating "Liberty Enlightening the World" in 1870. Some mock drawings of the statue included an Egyptian woman marking the ...