Art and Visual Materials
The Art Collection and Visual Materials Collections documents the legal profession and the history of the law with paintings, sculpture, photographs, prints, drawings and artifacts. It was gathered initially by Dean Roscoe Pound and Librarian Eldon Revere James. It consists of over 45,000 items, including portraits of lawyers and judges, and prints and sculptures with legal themes. Over 300 paintings and sculptures are on display throughout the School. Some of the most outstanding of these, along with the rare volumes on law, are kept in the Caspersen Room. The rest, some 6,000 prints and over 40,000 photographs, are a valuable resource of the Library. All are available for reproduction in books and other publications, for display in exhibitions, television programs, and other media. A collection of materials that forms a visual history of the Law School is also available.
For questions about Art and Visual Materials, contact:
Lesley Schoenfeld, Access Services Coordinator Phone: (617) 495-4689 Email: specialc@law.harvard.edu