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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M9326
People
After Winslow Homer, American (Boston, MA 1836 - 1910 Prouts Neck, ME)
Engraved by Unidentified Artist
Title
Fire-Works on the Night of the Fourth of July
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Harper's Weekly, vol. XII, no. 602, July 11, 1868
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1868
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/256358

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Wood engraving on off-white wove paper
Technique
Wood engraving
Dimensions
block: 23.2 × 35.1 cm (9 1/8 × 13 13/16 in.)
sheet: 26.6 × 40.7 cm (10 1/2 × 16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: left of image, printed: July 11, 1868] HARPER'S WEEKLY. 445
  • inscription: below image, printed: FIRE-WORKS ON THE NIGHT OF THE FOURTH OF JULY. - Drawn by Winslow Homer. - [See Page 446.]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
W. G. Russell Allen, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1938

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Foster 86

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession Year
1938
Object Number
M9326
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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