“Prevalent types of features among men convicted of larceny (without violence),” by Francis Galton.
Francis Galton was a prominent supporter of eugenics in the mid- to late-nineteenth century, and pioneered the use of composite portraiture. By printing one image on top of another (an arduous process in pre-negative photography), Galton believed he could discover types of people. Galton wrote, “The effect of composite portraiture is to bring into evidence all the traits in which there is agreement, and to leave but a ghost of a trace of individual peculiarities.” He was a cousin of Charles Darwin, and was intrigued by the possibility of variety within closed communities (and selective breeding).
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