Falak or Bastinado (corporal punishment) being carried out in the city of Kazvin, Late 19th Century
Albumen print
230 mm x 173 mm
The print has a negative number '10035' on verso and it titled in Russian on verso: 'The Punishment of a Guilty man, whips beating on the soles.' This image was...
The print has a negative number "10035" on verso and it titled in Russian on verso: "The Punishment of a Guilty man, whips beating on the soles."
This image was used for an early 20th Century coloured Russian postcard, which is located in the Nelson Collection.
Publications
A variation of this image is reproduced on page 126 of "Dimitri Ermakov in Iran" published by the Georgian National Museum in 2019. The image is titled "Qazvin. The punishment of a guilty man".