| Dr. Amable Berthelot was a member of the Patriote Party, the name given to the popular movement that led the Rebellion of 1837-1838 in Lower Canada (Québec). He was arrested and detained because he was suspected of preparing to overthrow the British colonial government. Jean-Joseph Girouard drew 67 portraits of his fellow prisoners when he was held in a Montréal jail in 1839. He drew from their shadows projected onto paper tacked on the prison wall. Each prisoner's portrait gives his name, age, profession and date of imprisonment. Pen with scraping on wove paper
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