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Photo, Print, Drawing Test tube baby / Marilyn Church.

[ digital file from original drawing ]

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About this Item

Title

  • Test tube baby / Marilyn Church.

Summary

  • Drawing shows proceedings in the courtroom during the Del Zio vs. Columbia Presbyterian Hospital trial in New York.

Names

  • Church, Marilyn, artist

Created / Published

  • [Place not identified] : [Publisher not identified], [1978]

Headings

  • -  Stewart, Charles E.,--1916-1994--Trials, litigation, etc.--New York (State)--New York
  • -  Del Zio, Doris--Trials, litigation, etc.--New York (State)--New York
  • -  Del Zio, John--Trials, litigation, etc.--New York (State)--New York
  • -  Dennis, Michael F.--Trials, litigation, etc.--New York (State)--New York
  • -  O'Leary, Stephen W.--Trials, litigation, etc.--New York (State)--New York
  • -  Judicial proceedings--New York (State)--New York--1970-1980
  • -  Fertilization in vitro--New York (State)--New York--1970-1980
  • -  Courtrooms--New York (State)--New York--1970-1980

Format Headings

  • Courtroom sketches--Color--1970-1980.
  • Drawings--Color--1970-1980.

Genre

  • Courtroom sketches--Color--1970-1980
  • Drawings--Color--1970-1980

Notes

  • -  Caption label from exhibit Drawing Justice: Frozen Embryos as Personal Property. In 1978, as the first "test tube" baby was born in England, John and Doris Del Zio sued Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia Presbyterian Hospital, and Dr. Raymond Vande Wiele for emotional damages in the case of Del Zio v. Columbia Presbyterian Hospital, U.S. Dist. Lexis 14550 (1978). Their lawyer Michael Dennis stands before Judge Charles Stewart, arguing that Vande Wiele, by exposing their fertilized embryos to the air in 1973, had destroyed their property and caused emotional distress. The doctors at Columbia Presbyterian encouraged the Del Zios to sue because they wanted to continue in vitro fertilization (IVF) research. While on August 18, 1978, the jury awarded small damages for the emotional distress, it found that the embryos were not the couple's personal property.
  • -  Title from item.
  • -  Signed on lower right.
  • -  Paper watermarked on edge: % cotton fiber U.S.A. Strathmore Charcoal .
  • -  Forms part of: Marilyn Church collection of courtroom art.
  • -  Exhibited: "Drawing Justice" at the Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C., April - October 2017.

Medium

  • 1 drawing on tan laid paper : colored pencil, ink, porous point pen, and water soluable crayon ; sheet 48.3 x 64.2 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • LOT 14050-131, no. 2 [P&P]

Repository

Digital Id

  • ppmsca 50996 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.50996

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2016652887

Reproduction Number

  • LC-DIG-ppmsca-50996 (digital file from original drawing)

Rights Advisory

Online Format

  • image

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Rights & Access

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  • Rights Advisory: Publication may be restricted. For information see "Marilyn Church Rights and Restrictions Information," https://aj.sunback.homes/rr/print/res/653_chur.html
  • Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-ppmsca-50996 (digital file from original drawing)
  • Call Number: LOT 14050-131, no. 2 [P&P]
  • Access Advisory: ---

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Chicago citation style:

Church, Marilyn, Artist. Test tube baby / Marilyn Church. New York, 1978. [Place not identified: Publisher not identified] Photograph. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2016652887/.

APA citation style:

Church, M. (1978) Test tube baby / Marilyn Church. New York, 1978. [Place not identified: Publisher not identified] [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2016652887/.

MLA citation style:

Church, Marilyn, Artist. Test tube baby / Marilyn Church. [Place not identified: Publisher not identified] Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2016652887/>.