Colour printed engraved plate depicting a domestic scene with a carrot embracing another plant in the cucurbitus [cucurbitaceae] family. A picture hangs in the background. The artist uses anthropomorphism to depict the vegetables in a humorous style. The book plate bears the imprints 'A. Varin del. et. sc.' and 'G. de Gonet edit.'. From the book 'L'empire des légumes' by Eugène Nus. Inscription: '7' handwritten in pencil in the TL corner