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Maine’s Lithographic Landscapes: Town & City Views, 1830-1870

Museum of Art Museum of Art

Exhibition: Maine’s Lithographic Landscapes: Town & City Views, 1830-1870

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Center Gallery, Focus Gallery
Explores the history of Maine town and city views published during the first fifty years of statehood through major lithographs and several related paintings.

Selected Works

"º¬Ðß²ÝÑо¿ÊÒ Campus," 1822, oil on canvas by John G. Brown, American, 1821–1858.

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This exhibition explores the history of Maine town and city views published during the first fifty years of statehood through major lithographs and several related paintings. These works, selected by Earle Shettleworth Jr. H'08, Maine State Historian, provide insights into how these growing centers of commerce and industry viewed themselves and wished to be viewed by others.

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Press

Enjoy these articles about the exhibition:

, January 29, 2020

, April 2020

Multimedia Resources

Maine State Historian Earle G. Shettleworth Jr. H’08 speaks about the College in the nineteenth century. After Shettleworth’s remarks, he and John Cross ’76, secretary of development and college relations, join in a Q&A moderated by the Museum's codirectors, Frank Goodyear and Anne Collins Goodyear. Recorded in May 2020.