Admiral Lord Duncan of Camperdown

William Tassie

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Adam Duncan (1731–1804) entered the navy at the age of fifteen, was a life-long naval officer, promoted admiral in 1795. After the victory at Camperdown against the Dutch fleet he was raised to the peerage as Baron Duncan of Lundie and Viscount Duncan of Camperdown.

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

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.

Metropolitan Museum of Art