Brunet. Felix. 21 ans, né le 21/2/73 à Paris XVe. Peintre en voiture. Anarchiste. 7/7/94. 1894

Alphonse Bertillon's 1894 photograph, "Brunet. Felix. 21 ans, né le 21/2/73 à Paris XVe. Peintre en voiture. Anarchiste. 7/7/94.", is a striking example of his "Bertillonage" system. This mugshot-style portrait captures Felix Brunet, a 21-year-old Parisian painter and self-proclaimed anarchist, with a stark frontal pose and detailed inscription. Bertillon, a French criminologist, developed this system to identify and track criminals through precise physical measurements and photographs. This work, now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, offers insight into both the evolution of criminal profiling and the social anxieties of late 19th-century France.