Before he built the Statue of Liberty that is now in New York Harbor, Auguste Bartholdi had planned to build a similar statue in the Suez Canal
Before he built the Statue of Liberty that is now in New York Harbor, Auguste Bartholdi had planned to build a similar statue in the Suez Canal
Aquarelle from 1869.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Suez_projet_Auguste_Bartholdi.jpg
That's cool. I find the whole feel of the illustration more creepy than seems reasonable, but I like it.