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Sketches of Police Officers and Defense Lawyer Bernard S. Mergler

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Date:

1971

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Box number: BK-235

Type of material:

Art

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Item ID number:

2874095

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Duncan Macpherson fonds

Sketches of the Front de libération du Québec trial

Sketches of Police Officers and Defense Lawyer Bernard S. Mergler
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Date(s):

1971

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1 drawing / dessin : pencil on wove paper
Support 27.500 x 35.200 cm

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pencil sketches of policemen and Defense Lawyer Bernard Mergler, Recto: Denise Quesnel has red-brown hair pulled back in bun & wears a light blouse & skirt, and stands with hands behind back. Louise Verreault has dark brown hair, white sweater, and brown leather jumper. Hélène Quesnel has black hair, orange sweater, grey skirt. All wear glasses. Verso: Two police detectives in dark grey suits, & lawyer Mergler in dk. brown suit. All 3 have short hair, and Mergler wears glasses., Recto: Denise Quesnel, 38, Hélène Quesnel, 19, and Louise Verreault, 23, were charged as accessories to murder of Laporte. They appeared before Judge Ouimet in the Criminal Court Bldg., Notre-Dame St. E., Montréal. Verso: Bernard Mergler was Defense Lawyer for many accused on lesser charges in relation to the Laporte murder trial, among whom were Denise and Hélène Quesnel. These trials took place in the Criminal Court Bldg., This collection contains 9 sketchbooks and 15 (approx.) large works. The Sketches for political cartoons, mostly of FLQ trials, 1970-71.

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Artist: Macpherson, Duncan Ian, 1924-1993

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General note:

Set: Sketches for the F. L. Q. Crisis Trials

Signatures and inscriptions note:

Inscribed. Signed. Dated., Inscription: Denise Quesnel, Louise Verreault, Hélène Quesnel. [recto, lower edge, plus colour notes] 2 det[ectives] + one cop in stand with other. Corporal to left of door. [verso, pencil, left] Mergler - [verso, pencil, right] [plus colour notes.]

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C-039658 : verso

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[Two Police Officers & Defense Lawyer Bernard S. Mergler]
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political

social

politique

Montréal (Québec)

October crisis / F.L.Q. / Mergler, Bernard
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Private

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1971-048 PIC
00059
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Graphic (art)

[Consultation90 Open]

Box [1971-048]

[Consultation 90 Open]

BK-235 Item no. assigned by LAC 59

[Consultation 90 Open]

Copy negative [1971-048]

[Consultation 90 Open]

C-039658 Item no. assigned by LAC 59

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. 1971-48-59V Source: Gift of Mr. Duncan Macpherson, Toronto, Ontario.
Copyright: Estate of Duncan Macpherson. Copies not to be provided without the express written consent of the Estate of Duncan Macpherson

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