Bartolommeo and his daughter Medea

The statue by Ver rocchio stands before San Giovanni e Paolo in Venice. It was cast in 1496, and is the second equestrian statue of the Italian Renai ance. It characterizes with striking nat uralism the haughty and formidable mercenary soldier. The rich marble pedestal has Corinthian and entablature. Collet (kol'et), John. Born at London about 1725: died at Chelsea, Aug. 6, 1780. An English painter, chiefly of humorous scenes from low life. Collet on (kol'e-ton), James. Governor of South Carolina 1686-90. He received with his appointment the dignity of landgrave and 48,000 acres of land. He attempted in vain to enforce the recognition of Locke's constitution by the colonial parliament. He was deposed and banished by the colonists on the procla mation of William and Mary, 1690. Colletta (kol-let'tä), Pietro. Born at Naples, Jan. 23, 1775: died at Florence, Nov. 11, 1833. A Neapolitan general. He was made intendant of Calabria by Murat in 1808, obtained the rank of general in 1812, was one of the leaders of the constitutional party under the Bourbons, and on the outbreak of the revolu; tion of 1820 was sent as viceroy to Sicily. He was named minister of war in Feb., 1821, but was banished through Austrian intervention and retired to Florence, He wrote "Storia del reame di Napoli 1734-1825" (1834). 17, 1883. 11, 1789: died at Maidenhead, Sept. 17, An English journalist, lawyer, and Shakspe rian critic. He was a reporter for the "Times" 18091821, and parliamentary reporter, dramatic and literary, critic, and editorial writer for the "Morning Chronicle 1821-47. In 1847 he was appointed secretary of the royal commi ion on the British Museum, and continued in that office until 1850, when he returned to Maidenhead. He published a new edition of Dodsley's "Old Plays" (1825-27), a "History of English Dramatic Poetry and Annals of the Stage" (1831), an edition of Shakspere (18421844), "Shakespeare's Library" (1844), "A Booke of Rox burg he Ballads" (1847), "Extracts from the Registers of the Stationers' Company" (1848-49), "The Dramatic Works of Thomas Heywood" (1850-51), "The Works of Edmund Spenser" (1862), a "Biographical and Critical Account of the Rarest Books in the English Language (1865), "An Old Man's Diary-Forty Years Ago" (1871-72), an edition of Shakspere His able and useful work on the older English literature is marred and brought under general suspicion by a series of literary frauds which he committed, of which the most notable is his use and defense of spurious annotations "by a seventeenth century hand" which he profe ed to have found on the margin of a copy of the second folio Shakspere originally belonging to one "Thomas Perkins," and since known as the "Perkins Folio." Colline Gate (kol'in gat). [L. porta collina .] A gate at the northeastern extremity of ancient Rome. Near here, Nov., 82 B. c., Sulla defeated the Samnites under Pontius. Colling wood (kol'ing-wud), Cuthbert. Born at Newcastle-on-Tyne, Sept. 26, 1750: died at sea near Port Mahon, Balearic Islands, March 7, 1810. A noted English admiral, created Lord Colling wood in 1805. He was appointed lieutenant for his services, with a party of seamen, at the battle of Bunker Hill; was promoted to commander (suc ceeding Nelson) in 1779; served with distinction in command of the Excellent in the battle off Cape St. Vincent Feb. 14, 1797; became rear-admiral in 1799, with a command in the Channel fleet, and vice-admiral in 1804; was second in command at the battle of Trafalgar; and on Nelson's death, in that action, succeeded to the chief command. Colling wood. A lake port in Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada, situated on Georgian Bay, Lake Huron, 72 miles northwest of Toronto. Population (1891), 4,940. Colling wood. A northeastern suburb of Mel bourne, Australia. Collins (kol'inz), Anthony. Born at Heston or Isle worth, near London, June 21, 1676: died at London, Dec. 13, 1729. A noted English deist, a disciple and friend of John Locke. He published "An E ay Concerning the Use of Reason (1707), "Priestcraft in Perfection" (1709), a "Dis course on Freethinking" (1713), "A Philosophical Enquiry Concerning Human Liberty" (1715), "A Discourse on the Grounds and Reasons of the Christian Religion" (1724), etc. Collins, Charles Allston. Born at Hampstead, near London, Jan. 25, 1828: died at London, April 9, 1873. An English painter (of the Pre raphae lite school) and writer, brother of William Wilkie Collins. He married the younger daughter of Charles Dickens. Collins, John. Born at Bath, England, about 1742: died at Birmingham, England, May 2, 1808. An English actor and poet. Collins, Mortimer. Born at Plymouth, England, June 29, 1827: died at Knowl Hill, Berks hire, July 28, 1876. An English novelist, poet, and miscellaneous writer. He was mathematical master of Queen Elizabeth's College, Guernsey, 1850(?)-56, and after 1862 was occupied with literary work at his residence at Knowl Hill. He published "Idyls and Rhymes" (1865), "Sweet Anne Page" (1868), "The Inn of Strange Meetings, and Other Poems" (1871), "The Secret of Long Life" (1871), etc. Collins, Rev. Mr. A character in Jane Aus Collyer, Robert ten's novel "Pride and Prejudice." He is a self-conceited toady. Collins, William. Born at Chi chester, England, Dec. 25, 1721: died there, June 12, 1759. An English poet. He was the son of a hatter who was twice mayor of Chi chester; studied at Winchester and at Oxford, where he was graduated B. A. Nov. 18, 1743; and about 1745 went to London to follow literature as a profe ion. The later years of his life were obscured by insanity. He published "Persian Eclogues" (1742: republished as "Oriental Eclogues" 1757), "Odes" (1746), etc. His works have been edited by J. Langhorne (1765), Mrs. Barbauld (1797), A. Dyce (1827), and others. Collins, William. Born at London, Sept. 8, 1788: died at London, Feb. 17, 1847. A noted English landscape and figure painter, father of William Wilkie Collins. Collins, William Wilkie. Born at London, Jan. 8, 1824: died there, Sept. 23, 1889. An English novelist, son of William Collins (1788– 1847): author of "The Dead Secret" (1857), "The Woman in White" (1860), "No Name" (1862), "Armadale" (1866), "The Moonstone" (1868), "The New Magdalen" (1873), "Man and Wife" (1870), etc. "No Thoroughfare," in collaboration with Charles Dickens, appeared as a Christmas story in 1867. Collins on (kol'in-son), James. Born at Mans field, Nottingham shire, about 1825: died April, 1881. An English painter, one of the original members of the Pre raphae lite Brotherhood, which he abandoned about 1850. His work was unimportant. Collins on, Peter. Born in West more land (?), England, Jan. 14, 1694: died in E ex, England, Aug. 11, 1768. An English botanist and natural philosopher. Collioure (ko-lyör'). A town in the department of Pyrénées-Orient a les, France, situated on the Mediterranean 15 miles southeast of Per pignan. It has a castle and considerable trade in cork. Population (1891), commune, 3,411. Cölln (keln), Georg Fried rich Wilibald Ferdinand von. Born at Örlinghausen, Lippe, Germany, 1766: died at Berlin, May 31, 1820. A German publicist. His works include "Vertraute Briefe," etc. (1807-09), "Neue Feuerbrände" (1807-08), etc. Collombet (ko-lon-bā'), François Zénon. Born at Siéges, Jura, France, March 28, 1808: died at Lyons, Oct. 16, 1853. A French Roman Catho lic historian and littérateur. He wrote "His to ire de St. Jérôme" (1844), and many other historical and critical works. Collop Monday (kol'op mun'da). The day before Shrove Tuesday: named from the custom of eating collops of salted meat and eggs on that day. Born Colloredo (kol-lō-rā'dō), Rudolf von. Nov. 2, 1585: died Jan. 24, 1657. An Austrian general in the Thirty Years' War. As field-marshal of the imperial army he succe fully defended Prague against the Swedes in 1648. Colloredo-Mansfeld (kol-lō-rāʼdō-mäns'feld), Count von. IMG:content-0310.png:[ocr errors] Hieronymus July 23, 1822. An Austrian general, distinguished in the campaign of 1813. edo-Mels (mels) und Wall see (väl'sā), Count Joseph Maria von. Born at Regensburg, Bavaria, Sept. 11, 1735: died Nov. 26, 1818. An Austrian general. He fought with distinction in the Seven Years' War, and was minister of state and conference, and director of the council of war 1805-09. Collot-d'Herbois (ko-lō'der-bwä'), Jean Marie. Born at Paris about 1750: died in Cayenne, South America, Jan. 8, 1796. A French actor and revolutionist, notorious for his brutality. He was deputy to the Convention in 1792, and a member of the Committee of Public Safety in 1793. In Nov., 1793, he was sent with Fouché as judge to Lyons, by Robes pierre, and executed his commi ion with great cruelty. An unsucce ful attempt upon his life was made May 23, 1794. Having become hostile to Robes pierre, he joined the succe ful conspiracy against him (9 Thermidor), but was neverthele expelled from the Convention (April, 1795) and transported. He published "Almanach du père Gérard" (1792). Collyer (kol'yer), Joseph. Born at London, Sept. 14, 1748: died Dec. 24, 1827. A noted English engraver, member of the Royal Academy, and engraver to Queen Charlotte. Collyer, Robert. Born at Keighley, Yorkshire, England, Dec. 8, 1823. An American Unitarian clergyman. He was apprenticed to a blacksmith about 1837; emigrated to the United States in 1850; settled at Shoemaker town, Pennsylvania, where he followed the trade of a hammer-maker; joined the Unitarian Church in 1859; became a mi ionary to Chicago, where in 1860 he founded the Unity Church; and in 1879 became pastor of the Church of the Me iah in New York city. He wrote "Nature and Life" (1866), "The Life that Now is" (1871), etc. the monument of Frederick William III., and the churches of the Minorites, Gro St. Martin, St. Maria im Capitol, St. George, St. Sever in, St. Peter, St. Cecilia, Apostles, St. Pantaleon, St. Gereon, St. Ursula (see below), St. Andreas, Jesuits, and St. Cunibert. The cathedral, one of the great buildings of the world, was begun in 1248 on the site of an earlier church, and was completed only in 1880, after being wholly neglected from the 15th century until 1823. Its design was inspired by the cathedral of Amiens, and all that is best in its architecture is French, while the le admirable features are indigenous. The cathedral has double aisles, with polygonal chevet, projecting transepts, and two enormous towers and spires at the west end. These, with the façade, have been completed according to the original design of the 14th century, which still exists. The towers and spires are so huge as to dwarf the vast cathedral. The façade has three great gabled portals filled with sculpture, and two tiers of huge canopied and traceried windows, to which the towers add two more stages beneath the springing of the spires. The effect is somewhat mechanical, and inferior to the best French façades. The tran Colman, George Colman (kōl'man), George, the elder. Born at Florence, Italy, 1732: died at Padding ton, London, Aug. 14, 1794. An English dramatist. His father, who was envoy at the court of Tuscany, died in 1733, and his mother then brought him to London. William Pulteney, afterward Earl of Bath, undertook the charge of him and sent him to Westminster School. He went to Oxford, where he was graduated from Christ Church in 1755, and, having been previously entered at Lincoln's Inn, was called to the bar in the same year. An intimacy with Garrick and a natural taste for literature interfered with his legal work, and he produced a number of plays (at first anonymously) with the a istance of Garrick, who played in them. In connection with the latter he wrote "The Clandestine Marriage," and a coolne arose between them as to Garrick's part in the cast. In 1767, having received two acce ions of fortune, he bought a fourth share in the Covent Garden Theatre. This completely alienated Garrick, and annoyed his friends, who wished him to continue in the law. He became acting manager. In 1774 he resigned the management, and in 1776, having been reconciled to Garrick, he bought the Hay market Theatre from Foote. In 1785 he had a stroke of paralysis, and finally grew so feeble in mind that he was put under restraint at Padding ton, where he died. He brought out alterations of many old plays, most of which were succe ful. Among his own plays are "Polly Honeycomb" (1760), "The Jealous Wife" (1761), "The Clandestine Marriage" (with Garrick, in 1776). In 1778 he brought out an edition of Beaumont and Fletcher. His dramatic and miscellaneous works have never been completely collected. Colman, George, the younger. Born Oct. 21, 1762: died at London, Oct. 26, 1836. An English dramatist, son of G. Colman the elder. He took charge of the Hay market when his father's health failed, but he became involved in pecuniary difficulties and was obliged to live within the rules of the King's Bench. He was released by George IV., who appointed him lieutenant of the Yeomen of the Guard, a dignity which he sold. The lord chamberlain made him examiner of plays, in which position he was extremely illiberal. Among his best-known plays are "The Poor Gentleman" (1802), "John Bull" (1805), "The Heir-at-Law" (1808). He also wrote a good deal of popular humorous poetry, including "My Nightgown and Slippers" (1797), "Broad Grins" (1802), and "Poetical Vagaries" (1812). He frequently wrote under the name of Griffinhoofe." Colman, Samuel. Born at Portland, Maine, 1832. An American landscape-painter, a pupil of A. B. Durand. Colmar (kōl-mär'), or Kolmar (kol'mär). The capital of the district of Upper Alsace, Als a ceL or raine, situated on the Lauch 39 miles southwest of Strasburg. It contains a museum (formerly a Dominican monastery), and has large manufactures of cotton. It was formerly a free imperial city; was taken by the French in 1673; was ceded to them in 1678; and in the Revolution was made the capital of the department of Haut-Rhin. In 1871 it again became a German city. Population (1890), commune, 30,399. Colne (kōln). A town in Lancashire, England, 26 miles north of Manchester. It formerly manufactured woolen goods, an industry which has given place to cotton manufacture. Population (1891), including Marsden, 16,774. Colney Hatch (kōl'ni hach). A village in Middle sex, about 6 miles north of London, in which is the Colney Hatch Lunatic Asylum, founded in 1851. Colocolo (kō-lō-kōlō). Born about 1490: killed in the battle of Quiapo, 1560 (according to some authorities, he died about 1570). An Araucanian chief of southern Chile, celebrated in the "Araucana" of Ercilla. Probably Ercilla's verses gave him undue prominence. Colocotronis. See Kolokotronis . Cologna-Veneta (kō-lōn'yä-va-nā'tä). Atown in the province of Verona, Italy, 20 miles southeast of Verona. Cologne (kō-lon'), G. Köln (keln). 1. The capital of the government district of Cologne, situated on the west bank of the Rhine in lat. 50° 57′ N., long. 6° 57′ E.: the Roman Coloni a A grip pin a. It is the largest city of the Rhine Province, a fortre of the first cla , the center of the Rhine trade, and one of the principal commercial places in Germany. It has manufactures eau de Cologne, sugar, tobacco, etc. The principal objects of interest are, besides the cathedral (see below), the Ringstra e, the Iron Bridge, the Municipal and Archiepiscopal Museums, the Museum of Industrial Art, the Rathaus (Hansa-Saal: see below), sept-façades are of modern design, with rich tracery and arcading, and triple portals, sculptured and canopied. The upper part is too narrow, and its elaborate tracery does not fill the place of the great roses of French churches. The interior is exceedingly impre ive: it is notable for its 14th, 15th, and 16th centuries. The fine choir-stalls are splendid gla , much of it modern, but much of the 13th, of the 15th century. The canopied statues supported on consoles on the pillars of the nave are architecturally a defect. The choir-chapels are of great beauty, and contain some admirable paintings and sculptures. The cathedral is 468 feet long; its area, 91,464 square feet. The nave is 48 feet wide and 145 high. The western spires measure 512 feet, and were, until the completion of the cathedral of Ulm, the loftiest existing. The Rathaus, Colorado tal of Ceylon, situated on the western coast in lat. 6° 55′ N., long. 79° 55′ E. It was fortified by the Portuguese in 1517, was taken from them by the Dutch in 1656, was ceded to the British in 1796, and is now an important coaling-station. Population (1891), 126,926, Colon (kō-lon'). See Asp in wall . Colonel Chabert (ko-lo-nel' shä-bar'), Le. A story by Balzac, written in 1832. Colonel Jack, History of. A tale by Defoe, published in 1722. The hero is a pickpocket who winds up his checkered career as a virtuous Virginia planter. Coloni a, or Coloni a del Sacramento (kō-lō'nē-ä del säk-rä-men'tō). A seaport in Uruguay, situated on the Rio de la Plata opposite Buenos or town hall, is an interesting monument built between the 14th and 16th centuries on Roman foundations. The main structure is of the 14th century, battlemented, with high roof and traceried windows; the picturesque Ayres. tower and low spire are of the 15th. The Renai ance Coloni a A grip pin a (kō-lō'ni-ä ag-ri-pi'nä). See portico, in two arcaded stages with engaged Corinthian columns, is an admirable example of the local architectural development. The great Hansa-Saal is adorned with good statues of medieval heroes, and with the emblazoned arms of patricians, burgomasters, and gilds. The Church of St. Ursula is a very early foundation in honor of the 11,000 martyred virgins, but often remodeled. The simple Pointed choir has recently been restored to its original form. There are curious old paintings of the legend of the virgins; and in the treasury, whose walls are covered with elaborate patterns formed of the bones of the virgins, are preserved the beautiful Romanesque shrine of St. Ursula, and a great number of other reliquaries in the form of female heads and busts. Cologne was an ancient town of the Ubii, Oppidum Ubiorum, and a Roman colony founded by A grip pin a in 51 or 50 A. D. Later it belonged to the Frankish empire, and in the 13th century became a Hanseatic town, and one of the principal commercial centers in Germany. It was a free imperial city, and is noted in the development of German architecture and painting. It was taken by the