Originals from the courtroom.
One of one. Available to purchase.
Originals from the courtroom. One of one.
Francis FitzGibbon KC questioning Constance Marten.
Central Criminal Court (Old Bailey), March 7th 2024
Original courtroom artwork by Elizabeth Cook.
Pastel and pencil on paper.
Signed, dated and inscribed.
One of one.
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Specifications
Medium: Pastel and pencil on paper
Size: 50cm x 40cm
Year: 2024
What you receive
The original artwork is shipped flat in a lightweight, temporary perspex frame, ready for reframing (package size 55cm x 45cm).
Care
Pastel is fragile and if the surface is touched, it will smudge.
Ships within 2-4 days.
Publishing and reproduction rights remain with PA Media and Alamy who commissioned these pictures.
Johnny Depp in the witness box being cross-examined by Sasha Wass KC representing Sun publishing News Group Newspapers.
Royal Courts of Justice, August 2020.
Original courtroom artwork by Elizabeth Cook.
Pastel and pencil on paper.
Signed, dated and inscribed.
One of one.
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Specifications
Medium: Pastel and pencil on paper
Size: 50cm x 40cm
Year: 2020
What you receive
The original artwork is shipped flat in a lightweight, temporary perspex frame, ready for reframing (package size 55cm x 45cm).
Care
Pastel is fragile and if the surface is touched, it will smudge.
Ships within 2-4 days.
Publishing and reproduction rights remain with PA Media and Alamy who commissioned these pictures.
The Duke of Sussex with his counsel David Sherborne giving evidence at the Rolls Buildings, Royal Courts of Justice, June 2023.
Original courtroom artwork by Elizabeth Cook.
Pastel and pencil on paper.
Signed, dated and inscribed.
One of one.
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Specifications
Medium: Pastel and pencil on paper
Size: 50cm x 40cm
Year: 2023
What you receive
The original artwork is shipped flat in a lightweight, temporary perspex frame, ready for reframing (package size 55cm x 45cm).
Care
Pastel is fragile and if the surface is touched, it will smudge.
Ships within 2-4 days.
Publishing and reproduction rights remain with PA Media and Alamy who commissioned these pictures.
Eleanor Laws KC questions Amber Heard in the witness box in Johnny Depp’s libel trial against The Sun newspaper.
Royal Courts of Justice, London.
21st July 2020.
Original courtroom artwork by Elizabeth Cook.
Pastel and pencil on paper.
Signed, dated and inscribed.
One of one.
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Specifications
Medium: Pastel and pencil on paper
Size: 50cm x 40cm
Year: 2020
What you receive
The original artwork is shipped flat in a lightweight, temporary perspex frame, ready for reframing (package size 55cm x 45cm).
Care
Pastel is fragile and if the surface is touched, it will smudge.
Ships within 2-4 days.
Publishing and reproduction rights remain with PA Media and Alamy who commissioned these pictures.
Lead Prosecutor Nick Johnson KC, cross-examines Lucy Letby at Manchester Crown Court, May 2023.
Original courtroom artwork by Elizabeth Cook.
Pastel and pencil on paper.
Signed, dated and inscribed.
One of one.
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Specifications
Medium: Pastel and pencil on paper
Size: 50cm x 40cm
Year: 2023
What you receive
The original artwork is shipped flat in a lightweight, temporary perspex frame, ready for reframing (package size 55cm x 45cm).
Care
Pastel is fragile and if the surface is touched, it will smudge.
Ships within 2-4 days.
Publishing and reproduction rights remain with PA Media and Alamy who commissioned these pictures.
Kevin Spacey in the dock showing Prosecution team, Christine Agnew KC standing, and Shauna Ritchie at Southwark Crown Court.
June/ July 2023.
Original courtroom artwork by Elizabeth Cook.
Pastel and pencil on paper.
Signed, dated and inscribed.
One of one.
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Specifications
Medium: Pastel and pencil on paper
Size: 50cm x 40cm
Year: 2023
What you receive
The original artwork is shipped flat in a lightweight, temporary perspex frame, ready for reframing (package size 55cm x 45cm).
Care
Pastel is fragile and if the surface is touched, it will smudge.
Ships within 2-4 days.
Publishing and reproduction rights remain with PA Media and Alamy who commissioned these pictures.
Simon Morgan examines Joss Stone in the witness box. She faces two men who had planned to kidnap and murder her. Both men were found guilty and sentenced at Exeter Crown Court, March 2013.
Original courtroom artwork by Elizabeth Cook.
Pastel and pencil on paper.
Signed, dated and inscribed.
One of one.
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Specifications
Medium: Pastel and pencil on paper
Size: 50cm x 40cm
Year: 2013
What you receive
The original artwork is shipped flat in a lightweight, temporary perspex frame, ready for reframing (package size 55cm x 45cm).
Care
Pastel is fragile and if the surface is touched, it will smudge.
Ships within 2-4 days.
Publishing and reproduction rights remain with PA Media and Alamy who commissioned these pictures.
Prosecution Counsel Tom Little KC and his Junior Joel Smith KC. Mark Gordon and Constance Marten look on from the dock. The day of the sentencing at Central Criminal Court (Old Bailey), 15th September 2025.
Original courtroom artwork by Elizabeth Cook.
Pastel and pencil on paper.
Signed, dated and inscribed.
One of one.
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Specifications
Medium: Pastel and pencil on paper
Size: 50cm x 40cm
Year: 2025
What you receive
The original artwork is shipped flat in a lightweight, temporary perspex frame, ready for reframing (package size 55cm x 45cm).
Care
Pastel is fragile and if the surface is touched, it will smudge.
Ships within 2-4 days.
Publishing and reproduction rights remain with PA Media and Alamy who commissioned these pictures.
Amber Heard in the witness box being questioned by Sasha Wass KC for News Group Newspapers (NGN) in the Johnny Depp libel trial.
Mr Justice Nicol looks on.
Royal Courts of Justice, July 2020
Original courtroom artwork by Elizabeth Cook.
Pastel and pencil on paper.
Signed, dated and inscribed.
One of one.
-
Specifications
Medium: Pastel and pencil on paper
Size: 50cm x 40cm
Year: 2020
What you receive
The original artwork is shipped flat in a lightweight, temporary perspex frame, ready for reframing (package size 55cm x 45cm).
Care
Pastel is fragile and if the surface is touched, it will smudge.
Ships within 2-4 days.
Publishing and reproduction rights remain with PA Media and Alamy who commissioned these pictures.
Wayne Rooney in the witness box being questioned by Hugh Tomlinson KC, acting for Rebekah Vardy. Coleen Rooney, Rebekah and James Vardy look on.
Royal Courts of Justice, July 2022
Original courtroom artwork by Elizabeth Cook.
Pastel and pencil on paper.
Signed, dated and inscribed.
One of one.
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Specifications
Medium: Pastel and pencil on paper
Size: 50cm x 40cm
Year: 2022
What you receive
The original artwork is shipped flat in a lightweight, temporary perspex frame, ready for reframing (package size 55cm x 45cm).
Care
Pastel is fragile and if the surface is touched, it will smudge.
Ships within 2-4 days.
Publishing and reproduction rights remain with PA Media and Alamy who commissioned these pictures.
Michael Mansfield KC questions Mohamed Al Fayed at the Diana Inquest.
Royal Courts of Justice, 18 February 2008
Original courtroom artwork by Elizabeth Cook.
Pastel and pencil on paper.
Signed, dated and inscribed.
One of one.
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Specifications
Medium: Pastel and pencil on paper
Size: 50cm x 40cm
Year: 2008
What you receive
The original artwork is shipped flat in a lightweight, temporary perspex frame, ready for reframing (package size 55cm x 45cm).
Care
Pastel is fragile and if the surface is touched, it will smudge.
Ships within 2-4 days.
Publishing and reproduction rights remain with PA Media and Alamy who commissioned these pictures.
Mia Farrow gives evidence in the Roman Polanski v Vanity Fair libel trial. John Kelsey Fry KC questions.
Royal Courts of Justice.
July 19th 2005.
Original courtroom artwork by Elizabeth Cook.
Pastel and pencil on paper.
Signed, dated and inscribed.
One of one.
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Specifications
Medium: Pastel and pencil on paper
Size: 50cm x 40cm
Year: 2005
What you receive
The original artwork is shipped flat in a lightweight, temporary perspex frame, ready for reframing (package size 55cm x 45cm).
Care
Pastel is fragile and if the surface is touched, it will smudge.
Ships within 2-4 days.
Publishing and reproduction rights remain with PA Media and Alamy who commissioned these pictures.
Sir Richard Henriques KC, prosecuting, questions Harold Shipman in the witness box. Mr Justice Forbes looks on.
Preston Crown Court, October 1999.
Original courtroom artwork by Elizabeth Cook.
Pastel and pencil on paper.
Signed, dated and inscribed.
One of one.
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Specifications
Medium: Pastel and pencil on paper
Size: 50cm x 40cm
Year: 1999
What you receive
The original artwork is shipped flat in a lightweight, temporary perspex frame, ready for reframing (package size 55cm x 45cm).
Care
Pastel is fragile and if the surface is touched, it will smudge.
Ships within 2-4 days.
Publishing and reproduction rights remain with PA Media and Alamy who commissioned these pictures.
Johnny Depp in the witness box.
Royal Courts of Justice, August 2020
Original courtroom artwork by Elizabeth Cook.
Pastel and pencil on paper.
Signed, dated and inscribed.
One of one.
-
Specifications
Medium: Pastel and pencil on paper
Size: 50cm x 40cm
Year: 2020
What you receive
The original artwork is shipped flat in a lightweight, temporary perspex frame, ready for reframing (package size 55cm x 45cm).
Care
Pastel is fragile and if the surface is touched, it will smudge.
Ships within 2-4 days.
Publishing and reproduction rights remain with PA Media and Alamy who commissioned these pictures.
Kevin Spacey in the witness box being questioned by his counsel Patrick Gibbs KC at Southwark Crown Court, 14 July 2023
Original courtroom artwork by Elizabeth Cook.
Pastel and pencil on paper.
Signed, dated and inscribed.
One of one.
-
Specifications
Medium: Pastel and pencil on paper
Size: 50cm x 40cm
Year: 2023
What you receive
The original artwork is shipped flat in a lightweight, temporary perspex frame, ready for reframing (package size 55cm x 45cm).
Care
Pastel is fragile and if the surface is touched, it will smudge.
Ships within 2-4 days.
Publishing and reproduction rights remain with PA Media and Alamy who commissioned these pictures.
Coleen Rooney in the witness box with Hugh Tomlinson KC. Royal Courts of Justice, Strand, London. July 2022
Original courtroom artwork by Elizabeth Cook.
Pastel and pencil on paper.
Signed, dated and inscribed.
One of one.
-
Specifications
Medium: Pastel and pencil on paper
Size: 50cm x 40cm
Year: 2022
What you receive
The original artwork is shipped flat in a lightweight, temporary perspex frame, ready for reframing (package size 55cm x 45cm).
Care
Pastel is fragile and if the surface is touched, it will smudge.
Ships within 2-4 days.
Publishing and reproduction rights remain with PA Media and Alamy who commissioned these pictures.
George Carter Stephenson KC questions Said Ibrahim at Woolwich Crown Court terrorist trial, 2007.
Original courtroom artwork by Elizabeth Cook.
Pastel and pencil on paper.
Signed, dated and inscribed.
One of one.
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Specifications
Medium: Pastel and pencil on paper
Size: 50cm x 40cm
Year: 2007
What you receive
The original artwork is shipped flat in a lightweight, temporary perspex frame, ready for reframing (package size 55cm x 45cm).
Care
Pastel is fragile and if the surface is touched, it will smudge.
Ships within 2-4 days.
Publishing and reproduction rights remain with PA Media and Alamy who commissioned these pictures.
Diana's butler trial. Diana’s mother, Frances Shand Kydd in the witness box, questioned by Lord Carlile KC at Paul Burrell’s trial.
Old Bailey, 2002.
Original courtroom artwork by Elizabeth Cook.
Pastel and pencil on paper.
Signed, dated and inscribed.
One of one.
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Specifications
Medium: Pastel and pencil on paper
Size: 50cm x 40cm
Year: 2002
What you receive
The original artwork is shipped flat in a lightweight, temporary perspex frame, ready for reframing (package size 55cm x 45cm).
Care
Pastel is fragile and if the surface is touched, it will smudge.
Ships within 2-4 days.
Publishing and reproduction rights remain with PA Media and Alamy who commissioned these pictures.
Andrew Gilligan, defence correspondent for BBC Radio 4’s Today programme is questioned by James Dingemans KC (now Mr Justice Dingemans), leading counsel to the Hutton Inquiry.
Royal Courts of Justice, 2003
Original courtroom artwork by Elizabeth Cook.
Pastel and pencil on paper.
Signed, dated and inscribed.
One of one.
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Specifications
Medium: Pastel and pencil on paper
Size: 50cm x 40cm
Year: 2003
What you receive
The original artwork is shipped flat in a lightweight, temporary perspex frame, ready for reframing (package size 55cm x 45cm).
Care
Pastel is fragile and if the surface is touched, it will smudge.
Ships within 2-4 days.
Publishing and reproduction rights remain with PA Media and Alamy who commissioned these pictures.
Julian Assange at the Old Bailey, September 2020.
Representing Julian Assange, Edward Fitzgerald KC on his feet.
Original courtroom artwork by Elizabeth Cook.
Pastel and pencil on paper.
Signed, dated and inscribed.
One of one.
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Specifications
Medium: Pastel and pencil on paper
Size: 50cm x 40cm
Year: 2020
What you receive
The original artwork is shipped flat in a lightweight, temporary perspex frame, ready for reframing (package size 55cm x 45cm).
Care
Pastel is fragile and if the surface is touched, it will smudge.
Ships within 2-4 days.
Publishing and reproduction rights remain with PA Media and Alamy who commissioned these pictures.
Jeffrey Archer is sentenced to four years imprisonment at the Old Bailey in 2001, for perjury and perverting the course of justice.
July 2001.
The Old Bailey.
Original courtroom artwork by Elizabeth Cook.
Pastel and pencil on paper.
Signed, dated and inscribed.
One of one.
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Specifications
Medium: Pastel and pencil on paper
Size: 50cm x 40cm
Year: 2001
What you receive
The original artwork is shipped flat in a lightweight, temporary perspex frame, ready for reframing (package size 55cm x 45cm).
Care
Pastel is fragile and if the surface is touched, it will smudge.
Ships within 2-4 days.
Publishing and reproduction rights remain with PA Media and Alamy who commissioned these pictures.
Capturing justice
in a vanishing medium
Original court artworks by Elizabeth Cook.
Pastel and pencil on paper. One of one.
Available to purchase.
Elizabeth Cook
Court Artist
In an age where cameras edge closer to the courtroom, Elizabeth Cook remains one of the last living witnesses to justice rendered in real time through intuition and pencil, not pixels. Her work is not simply art. It is historical evidence, drawn from memory with a skill so rare only a handful in the world possess it. She cannot sketch in court. No camera. No second take. Just presence, perception, and the sheer mastery of recalling a moment that will never happen again.
Over decades, Elizabeth has documented some of the most defining courtroom moments of our time; from Royals and Hollywood icons to the darkest figures of modern crime. Each stroke tells a story, each face frozen in time, captured under the weight of judgment.
Now, for the first time, her original artworks, authentic, hand-drawn moments of legal history are available to own. These are not prints. They are irreplaceable. As technology sweeps the courtroom, this art will not exist in years to come. The skill cannot be taught. It cannot be digitised. Own a piece of history before it disappears.
Axel Rudakubana at his sentencing before he was ejected for shouting. The Prosecutor is Deanna Heer KC.
Liverpool Crown Court, 23 January 2025.
Original courtroom artwork by Elizabeth Cook.
Pastel and pencil on paper.
Signed, dated and inscribed.
One of one.
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Specifications
Medium: Pastel and pencil on paper
Size: 50cm x 40cm
Year: 2025
What you receive
The original artwork is shipped flat in a lightweight, temporary perspex frame, ready for reframing (package size 55cm x 45cm).
Care
Pastel is fragile and if the surface is touched, it will smudge.
Ships within 2-4 days.
Publishing and reproduction rights remain with PA Media and Alamy who commissioned these pictures.