Fire-Works on the Night of the Fourth of July (1868): Art, History and Details

Fire-Works on the Night of the Fourth of July (1868) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Winslow Homer (American, 1836–1910).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

Winslow Homer focuses on the reaction of the spectators watching a New York City Fourth of July fireworks display instead of the pyrotechnics themselves. In the far distance, viewers seem to be looking upward. But in the foreground, a firework collides with a gentleman’s top hat causing visible dismay to the people nearby.

Object facts

• Title: Fire-Works on the Night of the Fourth of July
• Date: 1868
• Creator attribution: Winslow Homer (American, 1836–1910)
• Culture: America
• Type: Print
• Technique: wood engraving
• Collection: PR - Wood engraving
• Department: Prints
• Accession number: 1942.1286

Collection credit

Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund

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