Colour printed engraved plate depicting a carrot standing at a lectern and addressing an unseen audience. The background is in black and white and illustrates a seated group. 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 légumes' by Eugène Nus'. Inscription: '13' handwritten in pencil in the TL corner