Punishment of the battacks in Russia, 18th century

Punishment of the battacks in Russia, 18th century. Two men pin a criminal to the ground and beat his naked back with wooden rods. Used in the army and in domestic servitude. Supplice des battoges en Russie. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from A. Antoine de Saint-Gervais's Album des Peuples, ou Collection de Tableaux, Album of Peoples, or Collection of Paintings, J. Langlume et Peltier, Paris, 1835. Reprinted from Moeurs et coutumes des Peuples, Hocquart, 1811

18th Century A. Antoine De Saint-gervais Album Des Peuples Beating Collection De Tableaux Corporal Punishment Ethnography Langlume Et Peltier Moeurs Et Coutumes Des Peuples Thrashing

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