Inquiring minds would very much like to know: why is this man with the impressive mustachios being beaten with peacock feathers by three sturdy women of the harem?
The unsigned artwork, possibly by “Tack”, is from the 1906 French novel Le Tour du Monde d’un Flagellant by Don Brennus Alera.
If you are a bit of a sadist or even just a right bastard, you might sometimes enjoy seeing a spanking photograph where the recipient of punishment is clearly overwhelmed and in great distress. “Feeling properly punished,” we might call this; and some spankees crave it, so there’s no harm done, as long as you’ve got the consent issues in your relationship properly sorted out. This photograph is a rather epic exemplar of the genre; she looks as if it’s the first time she’s ever been caned and like she might easily come right over that desk, or claw right through a brick wall to escape the next dozen strokes:
It took a little bit of doing to identify the source of the photograph, but in the end I determined it was a promotional still from a Raven Hill video in their Resolved By Corporal Punishment series.
She’s tied down well enough that her master doesn’t strictly need the hand on her chest. But it reminds her that if she moves, the riding crop won’t land precisely where he intends, and she might wind up with welts and and bruises that are off-center and don’t match:
This matched set of Greenleaf Classics BDSM stroke books covers goes with the other set I posted; this pair features a three-strand knotted whip and what looks like simply a long leather lash:
When you don’t work diligently and swiftly on your master’s dry-stacked stone garden wall, there will be consequences, administered sternly, with a cane: