Millard. Victor. 53 ans, né le 5/6/40 à Moyon (Oise). Cordonnier. 16/3/94.
Medium
Albumen silver print from glass negative
Dimensions
10.5 x 7 x 0.5 cm (4 1/8 x 2 3/4 x 3/16 in.) each
Classification
Photographs
Department
Photographs
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gilman Collection, Museum Purchase, 2005
Accession Number
2005.100.375.292
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the world of 19th-century forensic science with *Millard. Victor. 53 ans, né le 5/6/40 à Moyon (Oise).onnier. 16/3/94*, a precise portrait captured by Alphonse Bertillon in1894. This albumen silver print from a negative depicts Victor Millard, a 53-year-old shoemaker from Moyon in the Oise region of France. Measuring just 10.5 x 7 cm, its compact size belies its monumental role in criminal identification. Bertillon, a pioneering French criminologist, revolutionized policing with his anthropometric system, combining detailed bodily measurements with standardized photographs—known tod...
About the Artist
Alphonse Bertillon · 1853–1914
Alphonse Bertillon (1853–1914) was a pioneering French photographer whose work revolutionized forensic documentation, transforming police identification into a precise visual science. Born in Paris on April 22, 1853, he was the son of medical professor and statistician Louis-Adolphe Bertillon and the younger brother of demographer Jacques Bertillon. Lacking formal higher education after expulsion ...