The world turned upside down: oxen drive men, women serenade men and give them roses, a horse sits in a carriage drawn by men, a horse rides on the back of a man, the sheep chases the lion, everything is reversed. Coloured etching.

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The world turned upside down: oxen drive men, women serenade men and give them roses, a horse sits in a carriage drawn by men, a horse rides on the back of a man, the sheep chases the lion, everything is reversed. Coloured etching. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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[Italy] : [publisher not identified]

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1 print : etching, with watercolour ; image 27.3 x 37.1 cm

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Il mondo alla rovescia. Ogni costume è qui cangiato affatto, / E più non reca motla maraviglia, / Perchè del mondo chi ben fatto il ritratto, / Più l'esprime a rovescio, e più somigila.

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Wellcome Collection 36061i

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