June 2, 2026

• an 1837 portrait of foundational legal scholar Francis Joseph Troubat, long held by America's oldest legal institution
• an unrecorded 1875 satirical mezzotint depicting an actor on trial for desecrating Shakespeare
• an original 1887 courtroom drawing by E.W. Kemble, the iconic illustrator of Huckleberry Finn

May 26, 2026

Highlights in this list include: 

• a rare contemporary account of a 1741 fratricide case extra-illustrated by a notable 19th-century collector
• a lurid autobiography of a New Haven rapist-murderer who was hanged in 1850
• a striking 1828 portrait of the infamous murderer William Corder, 1 of 2 known copies