Courtroom scenes, New South Wales, drawings by Verdon Morcom
Courtroom scenes, New South Wales, drawings by Verdon Morcom
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Date
probably 1980s
Call Numbers
PXD 1538
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Physical Description
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14 watercolours - image 31 x 39.3 cm or smaller - watercolour pencil on paper
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Copyright status : In copyright
Copyright holder : Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Please acknowledge: : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Scope and Contents
Contents
14 watercolour pencil drawings by Verdon Morcom depicting courtroom scenes from high-profile criminal trials in New South Wales during the 1980s, a period when cameras were not permitted in courtrooms. Drawings include depictions of Anita Cobby’s murderers being sentenced; the participants in the Milperra bikie massacre; Lionel Murphy being sentenc...
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Courtroom scenes, New South Wales, drawings by Verdon Morcom
Authors, Artists and Contributors
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Notes
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Titles and dates from pencil inscriptions on mounts
Contextual Information
Source
Presented by Verdon Morcom, December 2017
Administrative / Biographical history
Verdon Morcom (1926-2019) was a painter, illustrator, graphic designer and courtroom artist. In the early 1950s he worked as an artist for the News Chronicle in London. His paintings and graphic art were exhibited in group exhibitions in Melbourne from 1960-64. In 1971 he moved to Sydney where he was employed by ABC TV Graphics. He worked there for...
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PXD 1538
Record Identifier
1kV8DB6n
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/1kV8DB6n
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Reference code
9588613
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