Mr. Prudhomme: I shall never get into a compartment alone with a single traveler... principles of personal safety are contrary to that, from 'On the train,' published in Le Charivari, August 18, 1864

Mr. Prudhomme: I shall never get into a compartment alone with a single traveler... principles of personal safety are contrary to that, from 'On the train,' published in Le Charivari, August 18, 1864

Honoré Daumier

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

NEW SECURITY MEASURES. Each first class traveller, when buying a ticket, has the right to bring two pistols.

Drawings and Prints

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

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The Department’s vast collection of works on paper comprises approximately 21,000 drawings, 1.2 million prints, and 12,000 illustrated books created in Europe and the Americas from about 1400 to the present day. Since its foundation in 1916, the Department has been committed to collecting a wide range of works on paper, which includes both pieces that are incredibly rare and lauded for their aesthetic appeal, as well as material that is more popular, functional, and ephemeral. The broad scope of the department’s collecting encourages questions of connoisseurship as well as those pertaining to function and context, and demonstrates the vital role that prints, drawings, and illustrated books have played throughout history.