Castallou. Charles. 53 ans, né le 4/10/41 à Paris IIe. Tapissier. Anarchiste. 16/3/94. 1894

This is a mug shot, a photographic portrait taken for identification purposes, by French criminologist Alphonse Bertillon. It features Charles Castallou, a 53 year-old Parisian upholsterer and anarchist. Bertillon developed the anthropometric system of criminal identification, using detailed physical measurements to create a unique profile of each individual, and these photographs were part of his system. This specific image is one of the many mug shots Bertillon took for his research, and is currently in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.