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The wrong world
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Sheet with 36 depictions of the upside-down world, in which animals behave like humans among others. Below each image a caption. Numbered top right: No. 322.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineDe verkeerde wereld. 1806 - 1830. Johan Noman. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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