Courtroom scenes, New South Wales, drawings by Verdon Morcom

PXD 1538

fonds

probably 1980s

Graphic Materials, Watercolours

9588613

14 watercolours - watercolour pencil on paper - image 31 x 39.3 cm or smaller

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 20 years and his work included drawing courtroom scenes for TV news.
References:
The New McCulloch's Encyclopedia of Australian Art. Fitzroy, Vic. : Aus Art Editions in association with The Miegunyah Press, 2006.
Library acquisition file.

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 sentenced; Michael and Lindy Chamberlain; Tina Wong charged and acquitted of heroin importation; the four men accused of murdering Megan Kalajzich; Abe Saffron and Police Commissioner Bill Allen in Central Criminal Court; Justice James Wood and barristers Tom Hughes and Alec Shand.

BOX 1
1. [Anita] Cobby sentence, [1987]
2. Orrock, Elkins, Kalazich [Kalajzich], Vandenberg, 7 July 1986
3. Elkins, Kalajzich, Vandenberg, Orrock, 17 February 1986
4. Tina Wong, [1985]
5. Burbage : ‘before I put Miss Wong back in the box’, [1985]
6. Bikie meet, Penrith Court, [1984]
7. Tom Hughes Q.C., 18 March 1986

BOX 2
8. Alex Shand [QC] [probably 1980s]
9. Lionel Murphy, 26 April 1985
10. Lionel Murphy (sentence), 3 September 1985
11. [Lionel] Murphy standing for verdict, [1985]
12. Justice [James] Wood [probably 1980s]
13. Abe Saffron, [Bill] Allen, Central [Criminal Court], 28 June 1988
14. Michael & Lindy Chamberlain, [1982?]

Copyright status:: In copyright
Copyright holder:: Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Titles and dates from pencil inscriptions on mounts