Supervised Birching

I wish I could identify the uniform of the bearded gentleman who is supervising this bondage birching punishment:

Vintage photograph of a woman tied to a spanking bench while being birched by a servant as a uniformed military officer supervises the punishment

I don’t know anything whatsoever about this photograph, except that 17 years ago I published another photo from the same set which my then-source estimated to date from 1890.

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  1. Fred commented on August 9th, 2023:

    The beard, coat and cap – even the painted-on door hinge – and the scene overall makes me think of the Russian Empire at the end of the 19th century after serfdom was abolished.
    Here is a period painting, and though the button placement on the coat doesn’t match exactly, the overall style of clothes seems similar to me:
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obshchina#/media/File:KorovinS_NaMiru.jpg

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Reform School Collective Punishment Movie:

Detention House 3: Delinquent Girls Spanked Amazingly Hard

before and after brutal caning photo
"...the girls are prepared in the reformatory’s punishment room, naked, lying on their backs on special benches, bound with their legs spread above their heads, shamefully showing the two holes usually hidden..."