Jacquet. Hippolyte, Edouard. 49 ans, né le 15/3/45 à Paris Ille. Sellier-maroquinier. Anarchiste. 3/7/94. 1894

This is a photographic portrait of Hippolyte Jacquet, an anarchist, taken in 1894 by Alphonse Bertillon, known for his development of the Bertillon system of anthropometry. Bertillon's system used a series of eleven body measurements to identify individuals, and his photographic portraits were an integral part of this method. This image, part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection, is a prime example of the "mugshot" style of photography and a poignant piece of social history from a time when criminality and scientific identification were intertwined.