Form: N-2

Registration statement for closed-end investment companies

February 17, 2004

Documents

EX. 23.1

Published on February 17, 2004

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS


We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration
Statement on Form N-2 of Harris & Harris Group, Inc. of our report dated March
18, 2003 relating to the financial statements and financial highlights, which
appears in Harris & Harris Group, Inc.'s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 2002. We also consent to the references to us under the
headings "Experts" in such Registration Statement.


/s/PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

New York, New York
February 13, 2004