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After its unveiling in 1886, the Statue of Liberty (Liberty Enlightening the World), by Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, quickly became an iconic symbol of American freedom, and began to be featured on posters, postcards, pictures, and books. The statue's likeness has also appeared on coins, currency, postage stamps, art, in films, television programs, music videos, and video games, and has been used in logos and in theatrical productions. The Statue of Liberty, promptly situated in New York Harbor, is a popular and recognizable local, national, and international icon and political symbol and has often been the first significant item seen by arriving immigrants. The Statue of Liberty (Liberty Enlightening the World; French: La Liberté éclairant le monde) is a colossal neoclassical sculpture of a robed and crowned woman on Liberty Island, part of New York City, in New York Harbor. The copper-clad statue, a gift to the United States from the people of France, was designed by French sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, and its metal framework built by Gustave Eiffel. The statue was dedicated on October 28, 1886.