CHEZ LES RADIS. C'est ainsi qu'ils pretendaient faire del la civilisation. du progrès et de la fraternité
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Title
CHEZ LES RADIS. C'est ainsi qu'ils pretendaient faire del la civilisation. du progrès et de la fraternité
Record type
Digitised Book Plate Collection
Original Reference
BP/55570-1001/20
Author or creator
De Gonet; Gabriel (1818-1892); editor
Date
c.1851
Scope & content
Colour printed engraved plate depicting a group of radishes armed with weapons [bayonets] standing behind a barricade. One radish lies injured on the ground. They are firing at another group of armed radishes, seen in black and white in the background. The artist uses anthropomorphism to depict the vegetables. The book plate bears the imprints 'Varin del. et sc.' and 'de Gonet edit'. From the book 'L'empire des légumes' by Eugène Nus'. Inscription: '19' handwritten in pencil in the TL corner