Fire-Works on the Night of the Fourth of July

Winslow Homer1868

Details

Title: Fire-Works on the Night of the Fourth of July
Creator: Winslow Homer
Date Created: 1868
Subject Keywords: festivals, fireworks (visual works), night, night scenes, seasons, summer
Signatures / Inscriptions: Signed in composition, lower right: “W.H.”; printed after title: “Drawn by Winslow Homer”
Object Type: Prints, works of art
Object Link: See this artwork on the Davison Art Center website
Object Credit Line: Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University. Gift of George W. Davison (B.A. Wesleyan 1892), 1943
Materials & Techniques: Wood engraving with printed text on verso on wove paper
Image Credit Line: Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
Edition: Published in “Harper’s Weekly” 11 July 1868, p. 445
Dimensions: 1910
Bibliography: Cowdrey 104; Beam 132
Associated People: Created by Winslow Homer (American, 1836-1910)
Accession Number: 1943.D1.122

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