Explore the historical evolution and visual significance of this theme through the extensive archives of Luminous-Lint. By connecting rare images, scholarly research, and diverse photographic techniques, we provide a comprehensive framework for understanding how these visual narratives have shaped the medium across the 19th and 20th centuries. Dive into our networked database of over 130,000 images to discover the pivotal trends, individual masterpieces, and deep historical connections that define this field.
| Introduction |
| 1 | Introduction to mugshots and rogues' galleries |
| 2 | Alexander Doussin Dubreuil: Ireland: The Repeal Martyrs (1842-1845) |
| The benefits of photographing criminals |
| 3 | Science a Preservative from Crime (1853) |
| 4 | The Weymouth Poisoning Case - Miss Mary Tirrell Disinterred (1860) |
| 5 | Bristol City and County Gaol, Great Britain (1853) |
| 6 | Minutes of Evidence taken before the Select Committee on Prison Discipline - J.A. Gardner, Bristol Gaol (1863) |
| 7 | Thomas Byrnes: Professional Criminals of America (1886) |
| Composite portraits |
| 8 | Making a composite portrait of a typical criminal (1879) |
| Anthropometric studies |
| 9 | Alphonse Bertillon: Criminal Jean Greniche Killer of La Fille Wilhem, said La Chinoise |
| Mugshots |
| 10 | Cartes de visite: Spanish criminals (ca. 1870) |
| 11 | Tyne and Wear, GB: Local criminals from the 1870s |
| 12 | Death Row Prisoners Hanged in Connecticut 1894-1912 |
| 13 | Prisoners brought before the North Shields Police Court between 1902 and 1916 |
| 14 | New South Wales. Police Dept. |
| 15 | Description of Prisoners Received at the California State Prison, May 1909-December 1914 |
| 16 | Mugshots: Police Department of Rochester, New York (1914-1929) |
| 17 | Warden's book detailing prisoners received at California prison San Quentin, March 1935-December 1935 |
| 18 | American mugshots |
| 19 | The Holocaust: Women concentration camp guards |
| 20 | Beijing Silvermine, Detention - 17 18 19 (1991-1993) |
| The mugshot as evidence |
| 21 | David Dare Parker: Security Prison 21 (S-21) |
