VICTORIAN MUGSHOTS & CRIMINAL ANTHROPOLOGY
The faces of nineteenth century criminals can be seen in some of the earliest surviving police mugshots in Britain.
Examples from what is thought to be the last surviving album of Victorian criminal photographs from the Newcastle area have been published online by Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums.
Inmates of all ages, from ragamuffin children to the elderly and infirm, can be seen peering out of sepia images taken at Newcastle City Gaol and House of Correction Collection between December 1871 and December 1873.
John Divine was imprisoned at Newcastle City Gaol for 6 months after stealing money from another person. He was a carver and guilder, born in Ireland, and was aged 17 upon his discharge from jail.