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Sketches of Hélène Quesnel, Louise Verreault and Denise Quesnel

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Date:

1971

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Box number: BK-235

Type of material:

Art

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

2874094

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Duncan Macpherson fonds

Sketches of the Front de libération du Québec trial

Sketches of Hélène Quesnel, Louise Verreault and Denise Quesnel
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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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Three-quarter pencil sketches of Hélène and Denise Quesnel and Louise Verreault., 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 aacused on lesser charges in relation to the Laporte murder trial, among whom were Denise and Hélène Quesnel. These trials took place in te Criminal Court Bldg.

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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-039622 : recto

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[Denise Quesnel, Louise Verreault, Hélène Quesnel, in court]. F.L.Q.T ials, 1971
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political

social

politique

Montréal (Québec)

October crisis / F.L.Q. / Quesnel, Hélène / Quesnel, Denise / Verreault, Louise
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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-039622 Item no. assigned by LAC 59

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. 1971-48-59R 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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