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Photo, Print, Drawing Manson leaping at Judge Older! / B. Robles ; Bill Robles.

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About this Item

Title

  • Manson leaping at Judge Older! / B. Robles ; Bill Robles.

Summary

  • Drawing shows Charles Manson dropping his pencil after being tackled by a court officer as he lunged toward Judge Charles H. Older during the Tate-LaBianca murder trial in Los Angeles, California.

Names

  • Robles, William T., artist

Created / Published

  • [1970-10-05]

Headings

  • -  Manson, Charles,--1934-2017--Trials, litigation, etc
  • -  Older, Charles H.--(Charles Herman),--1917-2006--Trials, litigation, etc
  • -  Judicial proceedings--California--Los Angeles--1970
  • -  Judges--California--Los Angeles--1970
  • -  Law enforcement officers--California--Los Angeles--1970

Format Headings

  • Courtroom sketches--1970.
  • Ink drawings--Color--1970.

Genre

  • Courtroom sketches--1970
  • Ink drawings--Color--1970

Notes

  • -  Caption label from exhibit Drawing Justice: Helter Skelter in the Courtroom. In the more than nine months that Charles Manson was on trial for the murders of Sharon Tate and Leno and Rosemary LaBianca, he grew increasingly agitated. On October 5, 1970, he quickly leaped from the defense table, pencil in hand, preparing to stab Justice Charles H. Older. Bill Robles captured Manson's frenzied energy, which seemingly required all the might of the burly bailiff to restrain him. The pencil, still in motion, flies through the air toward the judge. By all accounts, Older did not even flinch. Walter Cronkite led off CBS Evening News that night with Robles's drawing.
  • -  Title from item.
  • -  Signed on the judge's bench "B. Robles" and on lower right as "Bill Robles".
  • -  Forms part of: The Thomas V. Girardi collection of courtroom illustration drawings at the Library of Congress.
  • -  Published in: The illustrated courtroom : 50 years of court art / Elizabeth Williams and Sue Russell. New York : CUNY Journalism Press, 2014, p. 77.
  • -  Exhibited: "Drawing Justice" at the Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C., April - October 2017.

Medium

  • 1 drawing : india ink and crayon with watercolor on vellum paper mounted on illustration board ; mount 43 x 59 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • LOT 15613, no. 14 [P&P]

Source Collection

  • The Thomas V. Girardi collection of courtroom illustration drawings at the Library of Congress

Repository

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2016652894

Reproduction Number

  • LC-DIG-ppmsca-51006 (digital file from original)

Rights Advisory

Access Advisory

Online Format

  • image

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  • Rights Advisory: Publication may be restricted. For general information see: "Copyright and Other Restrictions ...," https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/res.195.copr
  • Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-ppmsca-51006 (digital file from original)
  • Call Number: LOT 15613, no. 14 [P&P]
  • Access Advisory: Served only by appointment because the material requires special handling. For more information, see: Materials Designated "Served by Appointment Only," https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.info.apptonly

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Chicago citation style:

Robles, William T., Artist. Manson leaping at Judge Older! / B. Robles ; Bill Robles. California Los Angeles, 1970. [-10-05] Photograph. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2016652894/.

APA citation style:

Robles, W. T. (1970) Manson leaping at Judge Older! / B. Robles ; Bill Robles. California Los Angeles, 1970. [-10-05] [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2016652894/.

MLA citation style:

Robles, William T., Artist. Manson leaping at Judge Older! / B. Robles ; Bill Robles. [-10-05] Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2016652894/>.