 In 1876, Bartholdi was one of the French commissioners in 1876 to the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition.There he exhibited bronze statues of "The Young Vine-Grower", "Génie Funèbre", "Peace" and "Genius in the Grasp of Misery", receiving a bronze medal for the latter.His 1878 statue "Gribeauval" became the property of the French state.