As we’ve noted before, the most popular country for creating visual puzzles in the 17th to 19th centuries is France. No one can say exactly why. In our view, this popularity of visual puzzles is still associated with the development of offset printing and the popularity of the magazines being published.
In one such magazine, we came across a visual puzzle that is slightly different from the ones we usually offer our readers.
The thing is, this picture depicts not one but two people. The first one, whom we clearly see, is the policeman, and the second one, hidden from view, is the criminal whom the policeman is searching for.
Can you find where the criminal is in the picture?
Agree that at first glance, there’s nothing unusual, and especially no second person in this picture. But that’s only at first glance. To solve this 18th-century puzzle, you need to at least rotate the picture, and at most, abstract your vision. Let’s flip the picture with the building.
