Bourlard. Joseph, Anselme. 45 ou 46 ans, né à Biemme (Belgique). Piqueur de grès. Anarchiste. 7/3/94. 1894

This photographic portrait of Joseph, Anselme Bourlard, was taken in 1894 by Alphonse Bertillon, a pioneer of criminal identification. The image is part of Bertillon’s system of mugshots, known as the Bertillonage, which used a series of eleven measurements of the human body to create a unique identification for each individual. Bourlard is a 45-year-old Belgian man identified as an anarchist and a stoneware worker. This photograph, a study in human identification, is an important artifact of late 19th-century criminology.