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Could the male priests of the temple Ishtar who often dressed up as the goddess been the model and reason for masculine features

crafted onto the Statue of Liberty? Actually no lady at all but a man in drag?

Posted - March 24, 2018
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    There are lots of guesses about who the model was, but that is not one of them. The sculptor wrote:
    Finally, the model, like the design, should have a summarized character, such as one would give to a rapid sketch. Only it is necessary that this character should be the product of volition and study, and that the artist, concentrating his knowledge, should find the form and the line in its greatest simplicity.
      March 24, 2018 2:27 PM MDT
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