Photo, Print, Drawing [Michael Jackson] / Bill Robles.

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Title
[Michael Jackson] / Bill Robles.
Summary
Sketch shows Michael Jackson, three-quarter length, seated, facing left, during trial for child molestation in Santa Monica, California.
Contributor Names
Robles, William T., artist
Created / Published
[2005 March 15]
Subject Headings
-  Jackson, Michael,--1958-2009--Trials, litigation, etc
-  Judicial proceedings--California--Santa Monica--2000-2010
Headings
Courtroom sketches--2000-2010.
Drawings--Color--2000-2010.
Genre
Courtroom sketches--2000-2010
Drawings--Color--2000-2010
Notes
-  Caption label from exhibit Drawing Justice: Trial of Michael Jackson. In 2005, Michael Jackson faced trial in Santa Monica, California, on charges of molesting a teenager. He was found not guilty. After the trial Jackson said, "I haven't been betrayed or deceived by children. Adults have let me down." Artist Bill Robles found drawing at the trial a challenge he endured the "Melville diet" named after Judge Rodney Melville who scheduled only three ten-minute breaks and no lunch. Robles had barely enough time to meet the network news truck to film his drawings before returning inside to draw again.
-  Title devised by Library staff.
-  Signed on lower right.
-  Forms part of: The Thomas V. Girardi collection of courtroom illustration drawings at the Library of Congress.
-  Exhibited: "Drawing Justice" at the Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C., April - October 2017.
Medium
1 drawing on translucent paper : color porous point pen and India ink ; sheet 27.8 x 35.4 cm.
Call Number/Physical Location
Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 2016:016, no. 23 [P&P]
Source Collection
The Thomas V. Girardi collection of courtroom illustration drawings at the Library of Congress
Repository
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Digital Id
ppmsca 51160 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.51160
Library of Congress Control Number
2017645131
Reproduction Number
LC-DIG-ppmsca-51160 (digital file from original drawing)
Rights Advisory
Rights status not evaluated. For general information see "Copyright and Other Restrictions...," https://www.loc.gov/rr/print/195_copr.html
Access Advisory
Served by appointment only (Unprocessed). To make a request, see "Access to Unprocessed Materials," https://www.loc.gov/rr/print/info/022_unpr.html
Online Format
image
LCCN Permalink
https://lccn.loc.gov/2017645131
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Robles, William T., Artist. Michael Jackson / Bill Robles. Santa Monica California, 2005. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2017645131/.

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Robles, W. T. (2005) Michael Jackson / Bill Robles. Santa Monica California, 2005. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2017645131/.

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Robles, William T., Artist. Michael Jackson / Bill Robles. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2017645131/>.

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