The exhibition A Pageant of Spectacles: Chromolithography in America was curated by Matthew H. Edney, Osher Professor in the History of Cartography, University of Southern Maine. It ran at USM’s Osher Map Library and Smith Center for Cartographic Education from November 30, 2023 through June 29, 2024.
This online version of the exhibition features an extensive essay by Professor Edney on “Mapping, Printing, and Color,” in which he expands on both the labels of the original exhibition and his lecture about the exhibition on 25 March 2024. It further contains information and digital images of all the exhibited works.
Read the essay and consult the catalog online by clicking the Next button below or download a PDF from Osher Map Library Digital Commons.
Harold Osher
for his quiet inspiration
David Woodward
for his generous mentorship