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Art museum in Copenhagen, Denmark
The Hirschsprung Collection (Danish: Den Hirschsprungske Samling) is an art museum located on Stockholmsgade in Copenhagen, Denmark. It is located in
Hirschsprung_Collection
Painting by Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg
Danish Golden Age painter CW Eckersberg. The painting is in the Hirschsprung Collection in Copenhagen. The relatively small image is regarded as one of
A Nude Woman Doing Her Hair Before a Mirror
A_Nude_Woman_Doing_Her_Hair_Before_a_Mirror
Topics referred to by the same term
Hirschsprung or Hirschprung may refer to: Places in Germany Hirschsprung, Germany, a village in the eastern Ore Mountains in Saxony Hirschsprung (Black
Hirschsprung
Danish businessman (1836–1908)
founding the Hirschsprung Collection in Copenhagen, a museum dedicated to Danish art from the 19th and early 20th century. Heinrich Hirschsprung was born
Heinrich_Hirschsprung
Danish art historian and author (1922–2001)
night programs on art and culture. Johansson also assisted the Hirschsprung Collection with several exhibits. Johansson had a son named Karsten Johansson
Ejner_Johansson
Former Danish tobacco company
Heinrich Hirschsprung, a passionate art collector, founded the Hirschsprung Collection in Copenhagen. Under Heinrich and Barnhard Hirschsprung's leadership
A.M._Hirschsprung_&_Sønner
1881 painting by Peder Severin Krøyer
Denmark at the time. The work is part of the Hirschsprung Collection in Copenhagen. Heinrich Hirschsprung (1836–1908) was the son of a tobacconist of German-Jewish
The Hirschsprung family portrait
The_Hirschsprung_family_portrait
Danish painter (1851–1909)
frequent Hirschsprung's home in Copenhagen and his summer home outside the city. Hirschsprung's collection of art forms the basis of the Hirschsprung Museum
Peder_Severin_Krøyer
National museum in Copenhagen, Denmark
most varied collection of objects from the ancient cultures of Greece and Italy, the Near East and Egypt. For example, it holds a collection of objects
National_Museum_of_Denmark
King of Denmark and Norway from 1766 to 1808
the Danish Monarchy Christian VII at the website of the Royal Danish Collection at Rosenborg Castle "Christian VII." . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed
Christian_VII
Danish painter & illustrator (1855–1930)
Examples are Summum jus, summa injuria. The infanticide (1886, The Hirschsprung Collection and Evicted (1892, Danish National Gallery). He also depicted the
Erik_Henningsen
Art museum in Copenhagen, Denmark
Glyptoteket, is an art museum in Copenhagen, Denmark. The collection represents the private art collection of Carl Jacobsen (1842–1914), the son of the founder
Ny_Carlsberg_Glyptotek
Street in Copenhagen, Denmark
station in the northeast. The Hirschsprung Collection, an art museum, is located on the street. The Hirschsprung Collection's building (No. 20) is the only
Stockholmsgade
Renaissance castle in Copenhagen, Denmark
three silver lions standing in front. The Long Hall also contains a large collection of silver furniture, of which most is from the 17th century. The castle
Rosenborg_Castle
1884 painting by Michael Ancher
Anna Archer is an 1884 painting by Michael Ancher, now in the Hirschsprung Collection. She is shown looking through an open door, with a wedding ring
Portrait of My Wife, the Painter Anna Ancher
Portrait_of_My_Wife,_the_Painter_Anna_Ancher
Art museum in Copenhagen, Denmark
The David Collection (Danish: Davids Samling) is a museum of fine and applied art in Copenhagen, Denmark, built around the private collections of lawyer
The_David_Collection
Queen of Denmark and Norway from 1766 to 1772
Great Britain. Queen Caroline Mathilde at the website of the Royal Danish Collection at Rosenborg Castle Portraits of Caroline Matilda, Queen of Denmark at
Caroline Matilda of Great Britain
Caroline_Matilda_of_Great_Britain
Danish physician, philosopher and statesman (1737–1772)
Struensee. Johann Friedrich Struensee at the website of the Royal Danish Collection at Rosenborg Castle The Ancestry of Johann Friedrich Struensee (1737–1772)
Johann_Friedrich_Struensee
National gallery in Copenhagen, Denmark
the older objects come from the Danish royal collection. Approximately 40,000 pieces from the collections are expected to be made available online by 2020
National_Gallery_of_Denmark
Art museum in Humlebæk, Denmark
including Henry Moore, Alexander Calder, and Jean Arp. The Louisiana's collection is continually updated through acquisitions and donations. Recent acquisitions
Louisiana Museum of Modern Art
Louisiana_Museum_of_Modern_Art
1893 painting by Peder Severin Krøyer
Skagens Museum. Retrieved 11 April 2015. "Hirschsprung collection, Sommeraften på Skagen". hirschsprung.dk. Retrieved 11 April 2015. "P.S. Krøyer: Summer
Summer Evening on Skagen's Southern Beach
Summer_Evening_on_Skagen's_Southern_Beach
Danish painter (1843–1917)
Christina i Fængselet ("Leonora Christina in Prison", 1875) in the Hirschsprung Collection; Corfits Ulfeldt og Leonora Christina ("Corfitz Ulfeldt and Leonora
Kristian_Zahrtmann
Danish sculptor (1868–1933)
tobacco manufacturer Heinrich Hirschsprung and cast in bronze. It is today exhibited in the garden by the Hirschsprung Collection. His most important patron
Carl_Johan_Bonnesen
Danish merchant and ship-owner
C. W. Eckersberg of Schmidt and his wife are now owned by the Hirschsprung Collection. Schmidt was born on 22 November 1754 in Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein
Albrecht_Ludwig_Schmidt
Home of the Danish royal family
National Gallery of Denmark The David Collection Frederiksborg Castle Gammel Holtegård Hirschsprung Collection Kastrupgård Kunstforeningen Louisiana Museum
Amalienborg
Danish painter (1823–1910)
1800s. His works are in the collection of many Danish museums, including the National Art Museum, the Hirschsprung Collection, the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
Frederik_Vermehren
kunstnerleksikon". "Peder Severin Krøyer, Breakfast in Sora – Nasjonalmuseet – Collection". "Göteborgs konstmuseum | Messalina". "Kunstindeks Danmark & Weilbachs
List of works by Peder Severin Krøyer
List_of_works_by_Peder_Severin_Krøyer
1889 painting by Peder Severin Krøyer
Sommerafter ved Skagens Strand. Kunsteren og hans hustru" (in Danish). Hirschsprung. Archived from the original on 28 May 2020. Retrieved 18 August 2014
Summer Evening at Skagen Beach – The Artist and his Wife
Summer_Evening_at_Skagen_Beach_–_The_Artist_and_his_Wife
Danish painter (1845–1910)
was largely forgotten until the end of the 20th century when the Hirschsprung Collection and Statens Museum for Kunst acquired some of her more important
Anna_Petersen
Danish painter
(1809–1862). He painted a portrait of Sødring which now hangs in the Hirschsprung Collection. In 1834 he moved, along with his parents, outside of Copenhagen's
Christen_Købke
Danish art historian
70s, Reflections on the occasion of Raadhusudstillingen and the Hirschsprung Collection" in Art, IV, 1902–03). In 1915, he was hired to be the curator
Peter_Hertz
Anticipation that a future event or consequence is likely
"Surely he will come?". Painting by Christen Dalsgaard. From the Hirschsprung Collection, Denmark.
Expectation_(philosophy)
Danish architect and heraldist
historic buildings. Among his own designs, his building for the Hirschsprung Collection in Copenhagen is the most widely known. Hermann Baagøe Storck was
Hermann_Baagøe_Storck
Castle in Denmark
History in 1882. Open throughout the year, the museum contains the largest collection of portrait paintings in Denmark. It also provides visitors with an opportunity
Frederiksborg_Castle
Danish art historian and museum director (1925–2023)
In 1978, she was appointed director of both the Hirschsprung Collection and the Ordrupgaard Collection. At Ordrupgaard, she presented a number of exhibitions
Hanne_Finsen
Medieval castle in Helsingør, Denmark
Wayback Machine UNESCO's page on Kronborg Castle Kronborg Castle UNESCO Collection on Google Arts and Culture Kronborg Castle picture gallery at Remains
Kronborg
Museum in Copenhagen
Bindesbøll, the building was constructed from 1838 to 1848 following a public collection of funds in 1837. The idea of a Bertel Thorvaldsen Museum in Copenhagen
Thorvaldsen_Museum
Danish painter (1824–1907)
1907 in Sorø. In 1914 the artist's widow contributed a portion of his collection of folk costumes to the National Museum. She died in Sorø on 3 November
Christen_Dalsgaard
Overview of P. S. Krøyer's paintings of his wife
"Til Marie. S. Krøyer, Stenbjerg Septbr 1889". It is now in the Hirschsprung Collection of Copenhagen. The portrait of Marie in a midnight blue dress is
P. S. Krøyer's paintings of Marie
P._S._Krøyer's_paintings_of_Marie
National Gallery of Denmark The David Collection Frederiksborg Castle Gammel Holtegård Hirschsprung Collection Kastrupgård Kunstforeningen Louisiana Museum
Danish_Architecture_Centre
Late 1870s–early 1900s group of Scandinavian artists
Halkier, Katrine (2011). Krøyer: An International Perspective. Hirschsprung Collection. ISBN 978-87-90597-17-7. Hansen, Peter Schmidt; Locher, Carl (2010)
Skagen_Painters
National Museum, Prague Prague Postal Museum Det Grønne Museum [da] Hirschsprung Collection National Gallery of Denmark National Museum of Denmark Natural
List_of_national_museums
Capital and most populous city of Denmark
national art gallery, in the Østre Anlæg park, and the adjacent Hirschsprung Collection specialising in the 19th and early 20th century. Kunsthal Charlottenborg
Copenhagen
Historic row house district of former Naval barracks in Copenhagen, Denmark
Art & Design Danish Jewish Museum Danish War Museum David Collection Hirschsprung Collection Medical Museion National Gallery National Museum Natural History
Nyboder
Painting by Peder Severin Krøyer
sketches on a similar theme is in the Skagens Museum, and the Hirschsprung Collection has a couple of photographs taken around the same time. Roses was
Roses_(Krøyer)
Culture centre in Copenhagen, Denmark
National Gallery of Denmark The David Collection Frederiksborg Castle Gammel Holtegård Hirschsprung Collection Kastrupgård Kunstforeningen Louisiana Museum
North_Atlantic_House
Contemporary art space in Copenhagen, Denmark
National Gallery of Denmark The David Collection Frederiksborg Castle Gammel Holtegård Hirschsprung Collection Kastrupgård Kunstforeningen Louisiana Museum
Cisternerne
Danish painter, lithographer and designer
Harbor at Hoorn, 1893. The Hirschsprung Collection, Copenhagen Johan Rohde: Selv-portrait, 1890. The Hirschsprung Collection, Copenhagen "Om Den Frie"
Johan_Rohde
Open-air museum in Lyngby, Denmark
regional living conditions and availability of materials. Represented in the collection are also all social living conditions, from a manor house to a poorhouse
Frilandsmuseet
Planetarium and IMAX cinema in Copenhagen, Denmark
National Gallery of Denmark The David Collection Frederiksborg Castle Gammel Holtegård Hirschsprung Collection Kastrupgård Kunstforeningen Louisiana Museum
Tycho_Brahe_Planetarium
Street in Copenhagen, Denmark
Art & Design Danish Jewish Museum Danish War Museum David Collection Hirschsprung Collection Medical Museion National Gallery National Museum Natural History
Bredgade
Art museum in Copenhagen
former Frederiks Hospital (built 1752–57) into a museum in the 1920s. The collection also features a variety of Chinese and German porcelain. The museum was
Designmuseum_Denmark
Square in Copenhagen
Art & Design Danish Jewish Museum Danish War Museum David Collection Hirschsprung Collection Medical Museion National Gallery National Museum Natural History
Gammel_Strand
Military museum in Copenhagen, Denmark
Flensburg in 2011. The collections of weapons are some of the most extensive in the world, with more than 100,000 in their collection. More than 8000 swords
Danish_War_Museum
Natural History Museum in Copenhagen, Denmark
Museum of Denmark. The collections at the Geological Museum have been built up through centuries and include large collections of minerals, fossils, petrology
University of Copenhagen Geological Museum
University_of_Copenhagen_Geological_Museum
Amber museum in Denmark
an extensive collection of amber antiques and artifacts, including a wide array of entombed insects from prehistoric times. The collection comprises one
Copenhagen_Amber_Museum
Danish painter (1825–1910)
proved to be the start of Heinrich Hirschsprung's collection (the museum now known as the Hirschsprung Collection in Copenhagen), when he purchased it
Julius_Exner
Danish artist
his work at practically every Danish art museum including the Hirschsprung Collection in Copenhagen. A feature often seen in Ring's art is to place one
L._A._Ring
Manor house in Kastrup, Copenhagen, Denmark
from the mid 18th century, it is now a museum housing the Kastrupgård Collection (Kastrupgårdsamlingen) of modern art, which is owned and operated by Tårnby
Kastrupgård
Exhibition space and arts organization in Copenhagen, Denmark
National Gallery of Denmark The David Collection Frederiksborg Castle Gammel Holtegård Hirschsprung Collection Kastrupgård Kunstforeningen Louisiana Museum
Kunstforeningen
1888 painting by Peder Severin Krøyer
Halkier, Katrine (2011). Krøyer: An International Perspective. Hirschsprung Collection. ISBN 978-87-90597-17-7. Svanholm, Lise (2004). Northern Light:
Hip,_Hip,_Hurrah!
Historical museum in Copenhagen, Denmark
a permanent exhibition in the attic of Copenhagen City Hall. As the collections grew, the attic became too small and in 1956 the museum moved to the
Museum_of_Copenhagen
Maritime museum in Helsingør, Denmark
maritime museum located in Helsingør, Denmark. Established in 1915, its collections cover Danish trade and shipping from the 15th century to the present
M/S Maritime Museum of Denmark
M/S_Maritime_Museum_of_Denmark
Kaiserliche Wagenburg Wien, Kunsthistorisches Museum – Neue Burg Hirschsprung Collection, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Statens Museum for Kunst, Skagens Museum
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Danish painter (1849–1927)
Museum, Statens Museum for Kunst, the Frederiksborg Museum, The Hirschsprung Collection, and Ribe Art Museum. Michael Ancher received the Eckersberg Medal
Michael_Ancher
District in Central Copenhagen
Copenhagen Central Station (Hovedbanegård) Gefion Fountain The Hirschsprung Collection (Den Hirschsprungske samling) Kastellet Kongens Have ("The King's
Indre_By
Danish painter
represented in major Danish public collections, including the Statens Museum for Kunst and the Hirschsprung Collection, where they are frequently displayed
Otto_Bache
oeuvre of the artist Henry Heerup Hirschsprung Collection Stockholmsgade 20 2100 København Ø Copenhagen Art Large collection of Danish 19th- and early 20th-century
List of museums in and around Copenhagen
List_of_museums_in_and_around_Copenhagen
Art museum in Copenhagen, Denmark
Denmark. The museum houses one of Northern Europe's most important collections of Danish and French art from the 19th and beginning of the 20th century
Ordrupgaard
Technology museum in Copenhagen
National Gallery of Denmark The David Collection Frederiksborg Castle Gammel Holtegård Hirschsprung Collection Kastrupgård Kunstforeningen Louisiana Museum
DieselHouse
houses a number of museums, including the National Gallery, The Hirschsprung Collection and Lille Mølle. Kastellet Christianshavn Rampart Jarmers Tower
Fortifications of Copenhagen (17th century)
Fortifications_of_Copenhagen_(17th_century)
Town in Region Hovedstaden, Denmark
Designed the purpose-built Neoclassical museum building for The Hirschsprung Collection in Copenhagen. Sophie Holten (1858 in Skuldelev near Skibby – 1930)
Skibby
Street in Copenhagen, Denmark
Art & Design Danish Jewish Museum Danish War Museum David Collection Hirschsprung Collection Medical Museion National Gallery National Museum Natural History
Borgergade
Painting by Peder Severin Krøyer
Halkier, Katrine (2011). Krøyer: An International Perspective. Hirschsprung Collection. ISBN 978-87-90597-17-7. Svanholm, Lise (2004). Northern Light:
Midsummer Eve Bonfire on Skagen Beach
Midsummer_Eve_Bonfire_on_Skagen_Beach
Fotografisk Center University of Copenhagen Geological Museum Hirschsprung Collection Jewish Museum Kastrupgård Kunsthal Charlottenborg Medical Museion
Trold,_der_vejrer_kristenblod
Street in Copenhagen, Denmark
Art & Design Danish Jewish Museum Danish War Museum David Collection Hirschsprung Collection Medical Museion National Gallery National Museum Natural History
Gothersgade
Mansion in Copenhagen, Denmark
Danish State. The building then came to serve as a "home for the National Collections". These included the Museum of Ethnology which opened in 1849, the Royal
Prince's_Mansion
Square in central Copenhagen, Denmark
Art & Design Danish Jewish Museum Danish War Museum David Collection Hirschsprung Collection Medical Museion National Gallery National Museum Natural History
Amagertorv
Statue in Copenhagen by Theobald Stein
Museum (now merged with the Royal Danish Arsenal Museum). The Hirschsprung Collection owns two terracotta statuettes and two plaster statuettes. List
Statue_of_Niels_Juel
Danish artist (1816–1852)
Dolun on Brandsø, The Hirschsprung Collection.
Dankvart_Dreyer
Maritime history museum, archaeological museum in Roskilde , Denmark
and also collects boats of interest from all over Scandinavia. The boat collection at the museum now comprise more than 40 vessels and the associated ship
Viking_Ship_Museum_(Roskilde)
District in Copenhagen
Art & Design Danish Jewish Museum Danish War Museum David Collection Hirschsprung Collection Medical Museion National Gallery National Museum Natural History
Frederiksstaden
Street in Copenhagen
Art & Design Danish Jewish Museum Danish War Museum David Collection Hirschsprung Collection Medical Museion National Gallery National Museum Natural History
Esplanaden,_Copenhagen
Museum in Copenhagen
Library's collections. The first items in the collection were photographs pasted into printed books. Later a collection of individual photographs emerged through
National Museum of Photography (Denmark)
National_Museum_of_Photography_(Denmark)
Danish landscape painter (1854–1926)
Pedersen's works are part of several major collections, including the Statens Museum for Kunst, Hirschsprung Collection, National Museum of Norway, Nationalmuseum
Viggo_Pedersen
Island in the harbour of Copenhagen, Denmark
Art & Design Danish Jewish Museum Danish War Museum David Collection Hirschsprung Collection Medical Museion National Gallery National Museum Natural History
Slotsholmen
Former country house in the Espergærde, Helsingør, Denmark
current style in 1915–20. The museum comprises two large local collections. One is a collections of artifacts compiled by teacher at Rspergærde School Arne
Flynderupgård
Historic waterfront in Copenhagen
Art & Design Danish Jewish Museum Danish War Museum David Collection Hirschsprung Collection Medical Museion National Gallery National Museum Natural History
Larsens_Plads
Shopping street in Copenhagen, Denmark
Art & Design Danish Jewish Museum Danish War Museum David Collection Hirschsprung Collection Medical Museion National Gallery National Museum Natural History
Fiolstræde
Danish artist (1817–1875)
are in the collection of many Danish museums including the Danish National Gallery (Statens Museum for Kunst), the Hirschsprung Collection, the Ny Carlsberg
P._C._Skovgaard
Danish artist (1803–1848)
(Statens Museum for Kunst), the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, and the Hirschsprung Collection. Martinus Rørbye's works Nørrevold mod Bellahøj, c. 1830 Arrestbygningen
Martinus_Rørbye
Art & Design Danish Jewish Museum Danish War Museum David Collection Hirschsprung Collection Medical Museion National Gallery National Museum Natural History
Latin_Quarter,_Copenhagen
Danish painter (1808–1888)
His paintings are in the collection of many Danish museums including the National Gallery of Denmark, the Hirschsprung Collection, the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
Jørgen_Roed
Danish landowner
Shows His Wife the Result of the First Snipe Gunt. Portrait of Christian Fr. Zeuthen and his wife Sophie Hedevig, 1839, The Hirschsprung Collection.
Christian_Frederik_Zeuthen
Building in Hørsholm Municipality, Denmark
National Gallery of Denmark The David Collection Frederiksborg Castle Gammel Holtegård Hirschsprung Collection Kastrupgård Kunstforeningen Louisiana Museum
Fuglsangshus
Waterfront area of Copenhagen, Denmark
Art & Design Danish Jewish Museum Danish War Museum David Collection Hirschsprung Collection Medical Museion National Gallery National Museum Natural History
Nordre_Toldbod
Street in Copenhagen, Denmark
Art & Design Danish Jewish Museum Danish War Museum David Collection Hirschsprung Collection Medical Museion National Gallery National Museum Natural History
Farimagsgade
Art & Design Danish Jewish Museum Danish War Museum David Collection Hirschsprung Collection Medical Museion National Gallery National Museum Natural History
City Campus (University of Copenhagen)
City_Campus_(University_of_Copenhagen)
Danish painter and printmaker (1815–1882)
and, in Copenhagen, in the National Gallery, the Hirschsprung Collection, the Rosenborg Collections, the City Museum, and the M/S Maritime Museum of Denmark
Hans_Jørgen_Hammer
Street in Copenhagen, Denmark
Art & Design Danish Jewish Museum Danish War Museum David Collection Hirschsprung Collection Medical Museion National Gallery National Museum Natural History
Frederiksgade
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HIRSCHSPRUNG COLLECTION
Girl/Female
Indian
Collection of pomes ir song, Tagores poems which got nobel prize, An offering of songs
Girl/Female
Tamil
Collection
Girl/Female
Indian
Collection of pomes ir song, Tagores poems which got nobel prize, An offering of songs
Girl/Female
Tamil
The sign of the zodiac, Collection
Girl/Female
Tamil
Collection
Girl/Female
Tamil
Geethanjali | கீதாஂஜலி
Collection of pomes ir song, Tagores poems which got nobel prize, An offering of songs
Geethanjali | கீதாஂஜலி
Surname or Lastname
English and French
English and French : occupational name for a farm bailiff, responsible for overseeing the collection of rent in kind into the barns and storehouses of the lord of the manor. This official had the Anglo-Norman French title grainger, Old French grangier, from Late Latin granicarius, a derivative of granica ‘granary’ (see Grange).
Girl/Female
Tamil
Collection of lamps
Girl/Female
Tamil
Collection of lamps
Boy/Male
Tamil
Collection
Girl/Female
Indian
Collection of pomes ir song, Tagores poems which got nobel prize, An offering of songs
Girl/Female
Tamil
Collection
Girl/Female
Tamil
The sign of the zodiac, Collection
Girl/Female
Tamil
Gitanjali | கீதாஂஜலி
Collection of pomes ir song, Tagores poems which got nobel prize, An offering of songs
Gitanjali | கீதாஂஜலி
Girl/Female
Tamil
Geetanjali | கீதாஂஜலிÂ
Collection of pomes ir song, Tagores poems which got nobel prize, An offering of songs
Geetanjali | கீதாஂஜலிÂ
Boy/Male
Tamil
A collection of lotus
Boy/Male
Hindu
The Moon, Intelligent, Collection
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name from Middle English, Old French ferm(i)er (Late Latin firmarius). The term denoted in the first instance a tax farmer, one who undertook the collection of taxes, revenues, and imposts, paying a fixed (Latin firmus) sum for the proceeds, and only secondarily someone who rented land for the purpose of cultivation; it was not applied to an owner of cultivated land before the 17th century.Irish : Anglicized (part translated) form of Gaelic Mac an Scolóige ‘son of the husbandman’, a rare surname of northern and western Ireland.
Girl/Female
Tamil
Collection
Girl/Female
Tamil
Rajivini | ராஜீவிநீ
Collection of blue lotuses
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n.
A chapelet; a garland; a series or collection, as of beautiful thoughts or of literary selections.
n.
A collection of small, flexible, or soft things in a knot or bunch; a waving or bending and spreading cluster; as, a tuft of flowers or feathers.
n.
A collection of fowls roosting together.
n.
A collection or combination of three of a kind; three united.
n.
A collection of people; a company; a number; a multitude.
n.
The act or process of collecting or of gathering; as, the collection of specimens.
adv. & prep.
Any collection of houses larger than a village, and not incorporated as a city; also, loosely, any large, closely populated place, whether incorporated or not, in distinction from the country, or from rural communities.
adv. & prep.
Any number or collection of houses to which belongs a regular market, and which is not a city or the see of a bishop.
n.
A collection of vedic hymns, songs, or verses, forming the first part of each Veda.
n.
Hence, a collection of printed sheets bound together, whether containing a single work, or a part of a work, or more than one work; a book; a tome; especially, that part of an extended work which is bound up together in one cover; as, a work in four volumes.
n.
A commercial agent who travels for the purpose of receiving orders for merchants, making collections, etc.
adv. & prep.
Formerly: (a) An inclosure which surrounded the mere homestead or dwelling of the lord of the manor. [Obs.] (b) The whole of the land which constituted the domain. [Obs.] (c) A collection of houses inclosed by fences or walls.
n.
A collection of wagons; wagons, collectively.
n.
A small collection of houses; a village.
n.
A collection of sashes; ornamentation by means of sashes.
n.
A supposed collection of particles of very subtile matter, endowed with a rapid rotary motion around an axis which was also the axis of a sun or a planet. Descartes attempted to account for the formation of the universe, and the movements of the bodies composing it, by a theory of vortices.
n.
A pattern; a specimen; especially, a collection of needlework patterns, as letters, borders, etc., to be used as samples, or to display the skill of the worker.
n.
The ancient sacred literature of the Hindus; also, one of the four collections, called Rig-Veda, Yajur-Veda, Sama-Veda, and Atharva-Veda, constituting the most ancient portions of that literature.
n.
A number or collection of different things; a varied assortment; as, a variety of cottons and silks.
n.
A list or collection of words arranged in alphabetical order and explained; a dictionary or lexicon, either of a whole language, a single work or author, a branch of science, or the like; a word-book.