Colour printed engraved plate depicting a radish holding a whip and standing over two characters, one of whom has their raised hands clasped together. The background is in black and white and illustrates figures working in the fields, with the sea in the distance. 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: '21' handwritten in pencil in the TL corner