Statue of Liberty has a Face: History

 THE FACE OF THE STATUE OF LIBERTY

How did the widow of the creator of Singer sewing machines give the Statue of Liberty a face?

Isabella Boyer's life is like a thrilling novel. He was born in Paris, to a family of an African pastry chef and an English mother. Her name was Isabella, a beautiful name that should have been the foundation of a beautiful destiny. It quickly became clear that nature gave Isabella a special beauty.

At 20, she marries sewing machine maker Isaac Singer, 50, and after her death becomes the richest woman in the country. And it's no wonder she was chosen to be a model for the Statue of Liberty, because she embodies the American dream come true. After becoming a widow, Isabella began traveling the world, seeking new knowledge and exciting challenges, too young to be buried under mourning clothes.

She remarried to Dutch violinist Victor Robstett, who is a world celebrity and an earl, so Isabella also becomes Countess. Isabella soon becomes the star of showrooms in America and Europe and is invited to all global events. In one of them he met the famous French sculptor, Frederick Bartoldi. Bartoldi was very impressed by his trip to the United States, by the size of the country, by its natural resources, by the population there, and had already accepted the proposal to create a statue to symbolize the independence of the United States. The sculpture was supposed to be a gift from France in honor of the centenary of the country's independence. This is how the idea of a giant statue depicting a woman holding a torch in one hand and plates in the other was born, with the date of adoption of the Declaration of Independence of the United States.

Bartoldi was so impressed by Isabella's face that he decided to use it as a model for his sculpture. So, on Bedlow Island in the Gulf of New York, the Statue of Liberty was erected with the figure of an ancient goddess, but with the face of Isabella Boyer.

Isabella marries for the third time, at the age of 50, to Paul Sohege, a famous art collector.

He died in Paris in 1904 at the age of 62. She is buried in the Passy Cemetery.

But the statue with its face continues to rise above Bedlow Island, symbolizing America's first pride, freedom