The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 22, 2025

Fire-Works on the Night of the Fourth of July

1868

Winslow Homer

(American, 1836–1910)
America
wood engraving
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1942.1286
Catalogue raisonné: Foster 86
Location: Not on view

Description

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.
  • Gallery One 2012. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 12, 2012-March 5, 2017).
  • {{cite web|title=Fire-Works on the Night of the Fourth of July|url=false|author=Winslow Homer|year=1868|access-date=22 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1942.1286