Title
Alphonse Bertillon
Caption
Alphonse Bertillon (1853-1914) French police officer. In 1880, when Chief of the Paris identification bureau, Bertillon devised a method of identifying criminals using anthropometric measurements. It was used for a number of years, but was replaced by fingerprinting. Photo by Nadar, Paris, c1880. Nadar was the pseudonym of Gaspard-Felix Tournachon (1820-1910), French journalist, artist and photographer.
Date
19th century
Credit line
Photo12/Ann Ronan Picture Library
Reference
ARP15A00_388
License type
Rights managed
Available size
71,7Mb (2,9Mb) / 14,1in x 19,7in / 4243 x 5906 (300dpi)