Colour printed engraved plate depicting a carrot dressed in a bonnet, carrying two baskets. A figure dressed in military uniform stands behind. The background is in black and white, with a stall, figure and fields in the distance. The artist uses anthropomorphism to depict the vegetables. The book plate bears the imprints 'Varin del. et sc.' and 'G de Gonet edit'. From the book 'L'empire des légumes' by Eugène Nus'. Inscription: '20' handwritten in pencil in the TL corner