Pelgrom. Elise (femme Schouppe). Deux photographies, dont une légendée: Reprod. faite 22/2/93.
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
2005.100.375.322
Tags
Art Historical Context
In 1893, pioneering forensic photographer Alphonseillon captured *Pelgrom. Elise (femme Schouppe)* a pair of intimate portraits consisting of two albumen silver prints from glass negatives. just 10.5 x 7 cm each, these small-scale images—one labeled and reproduced on February 22—depict a woman with a direct gaze, exemplifying Bertillon's meticulous documentation style. Housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Gilman Collection, they bridge fine art photography and scientific record-keeping. Bertillon, chief of the Identification Service at the Paris Prefecture of Police, revolutionized crim...
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 ...