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The painting inspired the Statue of Liberty in New York City, which was given to the United States as a gift from the French only 50 years after Liberty Leading the People had been painted.

The statue, which holds a torch in its hand, takes a more stable, immovable stance than that of the woman in the painting.

An engraved version of the painting, along with a depiction of Delacroix himself, was featured on the 100-franc note in the early 1990s.