Battle of the Nile, 1798, and Nelson's return, 1800

Battle of the Nile, 1798, and Nelson's return, 1800

Peter Kempson

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Although signed P.K. (for Peter Kempson, an English medal and button maker in Birmingham), the medal was certainly cut by J.C. Hancock, die-sinker and engraver (1775–1815) who was employed by Kempson to cut a series of medals commemorating the British victories in the Napoleonic wars.

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Battle of the Nile, 1798, and Nelson's return, 1800Battle of the Nile, 1798, and Nelson's return, 1800Battle of the Nile, 1798, and Nelson's return, 1800Battle of the Nile, 1798, and Nelson's return, 1800Battle of the Nile, 1798, and Nelson's return, 1800

The fifty thousand objects in the Museum's comprehensive and historically important collection of European sculpture and decorative arts reflect the development of a number of art forms in Western European countries from the early fifteenth through the early twentieth century. The holdings include sculpture in many sizes and media, woodwork and furniture, ceramics and glass, metalwork and jewelry, horological and mathematical instruments, and tapestries and textiles. Ceramics made in Asia for export to European markets and sculpture and decorative arts produced in Latin America during this period are also included among these works.