Georges Topfer was a French artist known for spanking-themed illustrations, active from the late 1910s through the mid-1930s. He also worked under the pseudonyms Gaston Smit, G. Smit, GTS, and James Barclay. Below are his illustrations from the 1922 work La Flagellation dans l’Histoire (The Flagellation in History) by Th. Cudgel.