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Exhibition poster with a few images of included artworks.

Visualizing Capital Punishment: Spectacle, Shame, and Sympathy

By Harvard Library

Tuesday, March 21, 2023 9am to 5pm

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  • Wednesday, March 22, 2023 9am to 5pm
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  • Monday, March 27, 2023 9am to 5pm
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  • Friday, March 31, 2023 9am to 5pm
Exhibition poster with a few images of included artworks.

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Tuesday, March 21, 2023 9am to 5pm

Langdell Hall, Caspersen Room View map
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This exhibit explores the power of visual imagery to change minds about the death penalty. Drawing from material in the Harvard Law School Library’s Historical & Special Collections, the exhibit tells a story in three chapters: Spectacle, Shame, and Sympathy. Highlights include English execution broadsides; original political cartoons from a collection recently donated by Harvey Silverglate (HLS 1967); and a modern art portfolio, Contra la Pena de Muerte, by Puerto Rican artist Antonio Martorell.

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