THE WORLD TUNRED UPSIDE DOWN

World Turned Upside Down is a variant of the carnivalesque, where the King becomes Beggar and the Beggar becomes King for a Day. See also Arsy-Versy and Topsy-turvy.

Image from the British Library. 

Link to:  Dr Ian McCormick who is Professor in the Arts at the University of Northampton.

http://grotesque-observatory.blogspot.com/2011/07/encyclopedia-of-marvelous-monstrous-and.html