Ils étaient calmes et priant quand la panique vint au chef
Information
Title
Ils etaient calmes et priant quand la panique vint au chef
Role
Editor
Record type
Digitised Book Plate Collection
Original Reference
BP/55570-1001/13
Author or creator
De Gonet, Gabriel (1818-1892)
Date
c.1851
Scope & content
Colour printed engraved plate depicting a group of vegetables [spring onions]. The leader of the group is kneeling while the others walk behind. The artist uses anthropomorphism to depict the vegetables in a humorous style. The book plate bears the imprints 'Varin del. et sc.' and 'de Gonet edit'. From the book 'L'empire des legumes' by Eugene Nus'. Inscription: '12' handwritten in pencil in the TL corner