Here are a few pages from a book written in 1854 by a chap called Germain de Lagny. According to the Russian website where I got these pictures, de Lagny was visiting Russia in the 1850s and drew some lovely pictures which he later published.
I can’t find much about the book or the author, or John Bridgeman for that matter, who apparently translated it into English.
So, sorry this is a bit info-light, but hey, it’s all about the pictures.
The book is called “The Knout and the Russians: or, the Muscovite Empire, The Czar and his People.” Snappy and informative, right?
FYI: a Knout is a heavy whip, sort of like the cat-o-nine-tails. A nasty bit of kit. I don’t think old de Lagny was too keen on the Russians, either that or Bridgeman was a terrible translator.
Any how:
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