The exhibition marks the bicentennial of the Queen Caroline divorce proceedings and focuses on the prolific media coverage around the trial. The trial is famous among cultural historians as a media event; in law it is remembered for Lord Brougham’s argument that a lawyer’s only duty is “to save that client by all means and expedients.”
There will be an online component following the physical exhibition. For the online exhibition, Cynthia Roman and Mike Widener have invited several scholars from diverse disciplines, at Yale and beyond, including many former research fellows, to contribute a short note focused on an object or group of objects of their choice from the Queen Caroline-related collections.
Trial by Media: The Queen Caroline Affair will enable visitors to explore the rich resources at Yale on the topic of Queen Caroline and many scholarly perspectives from cultural and legal historians on this fascinating story.
There will be a mini-conference on the afternoon of October 4, held in connection with the exhibition.
Mon 9:30am - 4:45pm
Tue - Fri 8:30am - 4:45pm
The exhibition gallery is open with no appointment required Wed 2pm -4:30pm
The Lillian Goldman Law Library
Level L2, Yale Law School
127 Wall Street
New Haven, CT
41.3119645, -72.9278146
Trial by Media: The Queen Caroline Affair
