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Fourth of July & Fireworks

This is a small selection of our inventory of antique Fourth of July & Fireworks prints for sale. Additional inventory is available. Contact us with your request. 1-800-879-6277 




004frth:
1871 Children in Fourth of July Parade. Hand colored print from the July 22, 1871 issue of Harper's Bazar, Showing a group of children marching down the street on Independence Day.
16x11 in. $40



009frth:
1852 Fourth of July Scenes. Engraved print from the July 3, 1852 issue of Gleason's Pictorial, titled "Allegorical Representation of the Fourth of July." Contains small symbolic scenes representing the founding of the United States, and the celebration of its "birthday." Text above the image describes it in detail. There are some age spots on the paper, mostly in the margins, but overall condition is good. 11x16 in. $25



010frth:
 
1905 Fourth of July Fireworks Scene. Color lithographed image from Judge magazine, titled "Let Her Go!" A small boy is shown lighting the fuse on a toy cannon, preparing himself for a huge bang. Behind a fence, other boys are watching with their hands over their ears. 10x14 in. $50




012frth:
1867 Rural Fourth of July Celebration. Hand colored wood engraving from the July 6, 1867 issue of Harper's Weekly, titled "The Fourth of July in the Country." Shows a crowd of people gathered for a celebration, with flags flying in the background. 11x16 in. $40
Black & White: $30


013frth:
1874 Independence Day Dreams. Fanciful engraving from the July 11, 1874 issue of Harper's Weekly, titled "A Boy's Dream of the Glorious Fourth." Shows a sleeping child surrounded by images of fireworks. 11x16 in. $30



015frth:
1879: Baby Firing Fourth of July Gun. Engraved image from the July 12, 1879 issue of Harper's Weekly, titled "Fourth of July Morning: Firing the First Shot." Shows a small girl firing a cap gun on the front porch of her house, watched by her
mother and grandfather.
11x16 in. $30


016frth:
 
1883 Image of a Fourth of July celebration in the country. Elegant hand colored engraved image titled,"Independence Day in the Country-Fireworks on the Lawn," from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper. Shows scene of people enjoying a Fourth of July celebration in the country. 11 x 16in. $50



017frth:
Thomas Nast 1876 Picture of Liberty and her students on the Fourth of July. Gorgeous engraved image titled,"The Nation's Birthday-One Touch of Nature Makes the Whole World Kin," from Harper's Weekly.
22 x 16in. $65


018frth:
1874 Images of a young boy enjoying the Fourth of July. Entertaining engravings titled,"Jonathan's Wooing-A Fourth of July Ballad," drawn by J.A Mitchell from Harper's Weekly. Shows scenes of a young boy enjoying the Fourth of July. 22 x 16in. $60


019frth:
1872 Hand colored wood engraving of a little girl holding fireworks in her hand to celebrate the Fourth of July. Engraving titled,"Patriotic Education," drawn by F. Beard. 11 x 16in. $60
Black & White: $50


020frth:
1860 Image of a man and his family being captured by soldiers. Intricate engraving titled,"The Fourth of July-Eighty Years Ago," from Harper's Weekly. Shows scene of a man and his family being captured by soldiers. 11 x 16in. $50


021frth:
1859 Cartoon of a little boy mocking Napoleon. Elegant engraving titled,"The Fourth July," drawn by Dallas from Harper's Weekly. Shows scene of a little boy mocking Napoleon as he is about to blow off a toy canon. 11 x 16in. $20



022frth:
1876 Picture of the Centennial Celebration of the Fourth of July. Beautifully engraved image titled, "The Glorious Day We Celebrate," drawn by Thomas Worth from Harper's Weekly. Shows scenes of the county celebrating the centennial
 of its freedom.
22 x 16in. $60

 





023frth:
1903 Image of a Fourth of July Celebration. Gorgeous engraved image titled,"The Day We Celebrate," drawn by S. Werner from Harper's Weekly. Shows scene of neighbors celebrating the Fourth of July with fireworks.
11 x 16 in. $50



025frth:
1871 Image of a community celebrating the Fourth of July. Elegant hand colored engraved image titled,"The Glorious Fourth-Sending Up the Fire Balloon,"drawn by C.S. Reinhart from Harper's Weekly. Shows scene of neighbors gathering as a fire balloon is launched into the sky for the Fourth of July Celebration. 11 x 16 in. $60



026frth:
1884 Picture of the flag being hoisted. Gorgeous engraved image titled,"Hoisting the Old Flag," drawn by Sol Eytinge from Harper's Weekly. Shows image of the flag being hoisted as a young boy salutes.
11 x 16 in. $40

 

028frth:
1869 Hand colored wood engraving of a grand Fourth of July Celebration. Image titled,"Fire-Works in the Country," drawn by C.G. Bush from Harper's Weekly. Shows scene of neighbors celebrating the Fourth of July with fireworks in the country. 11 x 16 in. $60
Black & White: $50


029frth:
1868 Winslow Homer wood engraving featured in Harper's Weekly titled, "Fire-Works On the Night of the Fourth of July." Scene shows a large group of spectators viewing the
fireworks in the sky.
15-1/2 x 10 in. $75



030frth:
1899 Hand colored half-tone featured in Harper's Weekly titled, "Welcoming Admiral Dewey -- Pyrotechnic Display In the Harbor and Rivers, and Illumination of the Brooklyn Bridge at Night." Drawn from Life by G.W. Peters.
16 x 11 in. $40



031frth:
1885 Hand colored wood engraving with text featured in Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper with image on bottom of page titled, "Massachusetts, -- Illumination of Nantasket Beach, July 10th -- Rockland Heights, As Seen From the Plaza of the Hotel Nantasket." Drawn from a sketch by C.W. Reed.
16 x 11 in. $30


032frth:
1903 Chromolithograph featured in Puck by L.M. Glackens captioned, "July the Fourth 1903." Scene shows General Washington shooting off a cannon blast in celebration of Independence Day.
13 x 10 in. $40


033frth:
C.1895 "The Close of the Glorious Fourth" half-tone featured in Leslie's Weekly by Ch. Weber showing a blaze of fireworks which mark the eventful day, wherever it is celebrated as people gather around to watch.
16-1/2 x 11-1/2 in. $30



034frth:
1912 Wood engraving featured in Puck showing several Independence Day scenes which is titled, "OUR Independence Day, and How WE celebrate it."
13-1/2 x 10 in. $30



035frth:
1871 Wood engravings featured in Harper's Weekly illustrated by Nast showing, "The
Glorious Fourth."
15-1/2 x 11 in. $30


036frth:
1871 Wood engraving by E.A. Abbey Del titled, "The Glorious Fourth -- The First Gun --Time, 5 A.M." Scene shows a young man covering his ears as another gets his firework gun ready to shoot off the grass. In the background a man removes his sparklers from a box as a girl waves her American flag.
11 x 8 in. $30



037frth:
1901 Chromolithograph featured in Leslie's Weekly and copyrighted by The Judge Company of New York. Artist is Florence Lord-Boughton. Title of page is, "July 4th." and shows a woman's face surrounded by the U.S. flag with a headband of dangling fireworks and the Statue of Liberty standing proudly in the background.
16 x 11-1/2 in. $40




038frth:
1888 Antique wood engraving featured in Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper showing text and an image titled, "Independence Day in the Country. -- The Interrupted Oration." Image shows a surprised and disgruntled Orator raising his fist at the people responsible for setting the fireworks which knocked over his water pitcher and someone seated on the platform. Someone's legs are hanging out of a tree above him.
16 x 11 in. $30



039frth:
1906 Half-tone featured in Leslie's Weekly titled, "A Fourth-Of-July Romance." Image shows a farmer and a woman holding their small fireworks up to each other's as a younger woman watches
from behind.
16 x 11 in. $40




041frth:
1870 Old hand colored wood engraving featured in Every Saturday, An Illustrated Journal of Choice Reading. Tile of image is, "The Fourth of July Orator."
15 x 10-1/2 in. $40



042frth:
1925 Rare Chromolithograph featured in Journal showing a ragdoll riding in a hot air balloon as a young girl and her father watch the fireworks blazing in the sky over the horizon.
12 x 10-1/2 in. $30



043frth:
1903 Half-tones featured in Leslie's Weekly titled, "Fourth-Of-July Number." The top image shows spectators watching rowers in the lake; the middle image shows a young girl holding up a firecracker in one hand and the American flag in the other; and the bottom image shows a team of athletes running toward their goal.
16 x 11 in. $30



044frth:
1870 Wood engravings featured in Every Saturday: An Illustrated Journal of Choice Reading." Nine images on one page are titled, "The Fourth of July," and show people awaiting the festivities, people during a fireworks explosion, someone resting, and others celebrating at the High Carnival.
14-1/2 x 10-1/2 in. $20



045frth:
1861 Wood engraving featured in Harper's Weekly titled, "Fourth of July At Camp Hamilton, Near Fortress Monroe." Four scenes show fireworks festivities, an Orator addressing the 2nd Regiment, the raising of the United States flag, and the N.Y. Virginia Coast Guard firing salutes.
15-1/2 x 10 in. $20


046frth:
1856 Wood engraving featured in The Illustrated London News titled, "The Peace Commemoration -- The Fireworks, Sketched from the Mall, in St. James's-Park."
16-1/2 x 11 in. $30



047frth:
1876 Wood engraving featured in Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper titled, "Philadelphia, PA. -- The Centennial Exposition -- "Pennsylvania-Day," -- September 28th. -- The Display of Fireworks on George's Hill; The George Washington Bust."
16 x 10-1/2 in. $30



048frth:
1857 Wood engraving with text titled, "Display of Fireworks at Philadelphia." Featured in Gleason's Pictorial Drawing Room Companion.
16 x 11 in. $20



049frth:
1859 Hand colored wood engraving featured in Harper's Weekly titled, "Fire-Works At the Brooklyn City Hall, On the Inauguration of the Water-Works, April 28, 1859."
16-1/2 x 11 in. $40



050frth:
1859 Hand colored double-page wood engraving featured in Harper's Weekly titled, "Fire-Works At New York On the Evening of the Fourth of July, As Seen From Brooklyn Heights."
22 x 16 in. $60


051frth:
1906 Judge Magazine Cover, July 4th. Showing kids playing with firecrackers. Chromolithograph. **Has a public library embossed stamp top right corner.
10 1/8 x 13 3/4 in. $60



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