when/how/who was the Liberty staure made/joined...whose workmanship?

Answer 1

It was made and built by the French, and given to the US as a gift. The statue was dismantled, shiped over, and then re-built at its present site.

There is a smaller version of the statue in Paris, on an island in the River Seine.

Answer 2

It was created in France (actually two were created, the smaller one is in Paris today) and given to the US as a gift, I also find it wholly ironic that the model who posed for the statue was one of the most bigoted women you probably never would've wanted to meet.

Answer 3

A Frenchman called Bartholdi and there exists a smaller version in Paris