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If the world goes well, / Then each stands in his place, / The man at work, the woman at home, / If the order is reversed, it is not well
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Sheet with 24 depictions from the life of Jan de Wasser, a man who must do all the household work for his wife Griet, who wears the trousers. Under each image a two-line verse. Numbered top right: No. 29.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineAls 't in de wereld goed zal gaan / Dan meet elk op zijn plaatsje staan / De man aan 't werk de vrouw in huis, / Als de order omkeert is 't niet pluis. 1850 - 1870. Staden & Co., P.C.L. van. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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