I think, too, it has been around as long as people have had enough spare time to do such things
Most TUG stories surely won't qualifiy as great literature i am sure, so it may be difficult to find any of them 100+ years after they were written.
Some names which come to mind to me:
-Alan Mac Clyde: (pseudonym for many writers of BDSM literature in France, 1920's and 30's
-Marquis de sade: Obvious...1740-1814
-Leopold von Sacher-Masoch: Author and journalist, 1836-1895. The term "masochism" is named after him
If you want to go further into the past, look for not-so-obvious descriptions, as authors hardly could write straight TUG stories in a world dominated by a extremistic church...
Perhaps the first "damsel in distress" still known today is andromeda, from ancient greek's mythology, whose mother offended Poseidon. Poseidon sent a beast to ravage the land, and Andromeda's parents fastened her to a rock in the sea to appease him.
Check out rembrands Andromeda for a picture of the scene
And as time flies on, one finds more and more examples
John Everett Millais' picture "knights errand" from 1870 for example could show up even in a TUG story of today (maybe minus the knight's armor...).
As you can see, the theme of tied up/helpless persons has been existent at least as long as humans made art.
sorry for the long monoloque
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