After years of conversations about the statue , bartholdi took his first trip to the united states in 1871 .
之后几年为了雕像创作，巴特勒迪于1871年首次前往美国。
It was officially presented to the american people by bartholdi .
它由巴索尔地正式赠送给美国人民。
Bartholdi found that work " deplorable " and " coarse " .
巴尔托第发现那件作品水平太差，十分粗糙。
The torch , which had experienced leaks since 1916 , was replaced with an exact replica of bartholdi 's design .
而火炬自1916年出现裂缝，已被有巴特勒迪设计的一个复制品替代。
In 1881 , bartholdi approached gustave eiffel about designing the steel skeleton that would support the statue , and the torch was shipped back from new york to be reunited with the rest of the sculpture as it rose above the paris skyline .
