/internal/media/dispatcher/66710/fullCourtroom sketch of witness Dr. Holbrook dated March 11, 196403/11/196414 × 17 in. (35.6 × 43.2 cm)PaperChuck Fisher Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza2004.020.00070Courtroom pencil sketch on paper from Jack Ruby murder trial by Charles Fisher, with captions in bottom and top right corners: "Med. Testimony for the state" (bottom) and "Dr. Holbrook/ 3/11/64" (top). Signature: "Fisher" at bottom right corner of page, underneath caption.
Sketch shows Dr. John T. Holbrook seated to testify in court. He is wearing a suit and tie, and glasses. He is leaning forward slightly, and the drawing is from the front, left of the subject. Holbrook's gaze and head are focused forward. A dark shaded area depicts the wall behind him in the background. The left edge of the paper is torn, and still has the holed edge.
Charles "Chuck" Fisher was the art director at KRLD-TV in 1963. Fisher made the pencil sketches of the Jack Ruby Trial for KRLD-TV after the judge barred cameras from the courtroom.Art6500343.180086360235.560071120124994Courtroom sketchCourtroom pencil sketch on paper by Charles Fisher. The sketch shows medical witness for the state Dr. John T. Holbrook testifying during the trial of Jack Ruby on March 11, 1964. The sketch shows Dr. Holbrook partially turned towards the viewer wearing a suit and tie. The caption in the top right reads "Dr. Holbrook 3/11/64," and the caption in the bottom right reads "Med. Testimony for the state."
The artist's signature: "Fisher" is at the bottom right, underneath the caption. Charles "Chuck" Fisher was the art director at KRLD-TV in 1963. Fisher made the pencil sketches during the trial of Jack Ruby for KRLD-TV after the judge barred cameras from the courtroom.ArtistSketchesTrialsWitnessesArtworkJack Ruby trialHolbrook, John T.Fisher, CharlesKRLD-TVDallasDr. John T. Holbrook, a former colleague of Dr. Robert Stubblefield who had testified immediately prior, was a psychiatrist on the staff of Beverly Hills Hospital in Dallas at the time of the Jack Ruby trial. Holbrook first met with Ruby the day after the Oswald shooting and had examined him on several subsequent occasions. He concluded that Ruby knew "right from wrong" and was aware of "the nature and consequences of his act [shooting Lee Harvey Oswald] at the time." -- Stephen Fagin, Curator