Colour printed engraved plate depicting two cucurbitus [cucurbitaceae] vegetables addressing one another in a council meeting. Other council members watch on. Characters in the background are in black and white, while those in the foreground are in colour. The artist uses anthropomorphism to depict the vegetables in a humorous style. The book plate bears the imprints 'A. Varin del. et. sc.' and 'de Gonet edit.'. From the book 'L'empire des légumes' by Eugène Nus. Inscription: '4' handwritten in pencil in the TR corner