Signes Caractéristiques des Professions Manuelles
- Bertillon; Aplhonse (1853-1914); anthropometrist and biostatistician
- Date:
- 1891
- Reference:
- GALTON/2/9/7
- Part of:
- Galton Papers
- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
About this work
Description
Large photograph album titled "Signes Caractéristiques des Professions Manuelles / Photographies et observations recueillies sous la direction de M Alphonse Bertillon / Par M Felix Geoffray, attaché au Service d'Identification de la Préfecture de Police / Premiere Série publiée par ordre de M Loze, Préfet de Police / Paris 1891".
Contains black and white photographs of people who did manual work or skilled work with their hands. There is one page or double-page spread for each profession or trade, arranged aplhabetically. The names of the people who were photographed are not given. Each entry usually includes a photograph of a person who did a particular job showing them at work and several detailed photographs of their hands. Includes notes on the distinguishing features of the subject's hands, particularly callouses or skin conditions caused by the use of certain tools.