708897 Parliamentary Carrot, illustration from \'L\'Empire des Legumes Memoires de Curcubitus\', published 1851 (hand-coloured engraving) by Varin, Amedee (1818-83); Private Collection; (add.info.: Carotte Parlementaire, trois heures sans cracher. Three hours without shutting up. Satire of bourgeois manners.); The Stapleton Collection; French, out of copyright.