Verkko“behind almost every painting is a fortune and behind that a sin or a crime. ” with these words as a starting point, michael gross, leading chronicler of. The secret history of the moguls and the money that made the metropolitan museum. Verkkowith the ‘rogues’ gallery’, a means was found to classify criminals and sort their portraits in albums or card indexes according to types of offence. Verkkoset against the backdrop of new york's gilded age, with its extremes of plutocratic wealth, tenement poverty, and rising social unrest, rogues' gallery is. Verkkothe mug shot, wanted poster, and rogues gallery are intertwined within the greater category of police and criminal photography. The mug shot is an informal term. Verkkobefore there were mugshots there were rogues’ gallery photos. If you’re interested in the history of police and prison photography during the 19th. Verkkosearch the history of over 866 billion web pages on the internet. Search the wayback machine. An illustration of a. 247 professional criminals of 19th. Verkkofocusing on the photographic documentation of convicts, the book contains over 350 images of prisoners, recording the evolution of criminal records before more.
