Whipping John of Islington

Whipping John of Islington. Print shows an interior view of a room in which a man holds a bare-bottomed woman with a pained look on her face on his back as another woman holds up the woman's dress and points to her naked backside; a man, Whipping John, prepares to apply a bundle of rushes, the lash, to her exposed posterior. In the background, peeping in at the door, stands another man deriving gratification from the scene. Date 1748 July 11th

Apply Backside Bottomed Bundle Deriving Exposed Gratification Islington Lash Pained Peeping Points Posterior Prepares Rushes Whipping

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