Vintage - Georges Topfer Art #1
Georges Topfer aka Gaston Smit aka James Barclay (though it’s not clear which was the real name) was an original.
Among the earliest of the French Illustrators of sadomasochistic art, some of his cartoons date from the late 1800s
He apparently took seriously the art and practice of whipping naked women.
Nothing if not an innovator, in 1909 he even invented a type of whipping machine, presumably to rest his arm.
He had the additional trademark - like his contemporary Rene Giffey...
....of increasing the humiliation of the female victims by having them whipped nude by servants or dark-skinned natives of this colonial setting.
One has the feeling he took his work home to Mme Topfer (or Smit or Barclay) and spent a fair amount of time perfecting his forehand.
Some more examples of his work coming: