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Albums of Mughal Indian paintings in the Bodleian Library MS. Douce Or. a.1--MS. Douce Or. a.2 --MS. Douce Or. a.3 --MS. Douce Or. b.1 --MS. Douce Or. b.2 --MS. Douce Or. b.3 --MS. Douce Or. c.4 --MS. Laud Or. 149 --MS. Ous. Add. 166 --MS. Ous. Add. 167 --MS. Ous. Add. 169 --MS. Ous. Add. 170 --MS. Ous. Add. 171 --MS. Ous. Add. 172 --MS. Ous. Add. 173 --MS. Ous. Add. 174 MS. Douce Or. a.1 Link to digital version Album, Indian: 17th century Album of Indian paintings and calligraphy, dating from the period of Shahjahan's reign, including several portraits of the Mughal emperors Format: 60 leaves : paper, ill., 385 x 255 mm. (page) Decoration: illuminations; 41 miniature paintings Layout: Layout of text section, 7 lines. Binding: lacquer, with floral portraits on outside and inside of boards An album of 41 Indian paintings, chiefly from the Shahjahan period (1628-1658), expressive of the Mughal lineage of Shahjahan; interleaved with 37 calligraphic specimens by Mīr Alī-alkātib, dated 1530 (A.H. 937) on fol. 55a ; and 9 leaves of text, fols. 10-18, containing portions of Jami's Tuhfat al-ahrar. Most of the inset paintings have floral borders, some have inner borders depicting bunches of grapes. Note: Title on spine, "Patna's drawings" Provenance: Chauncey, Charles (1709–1777), engraved armorial bookplate of Chas. Chauncy inside lower cover ; Douce Bequest, 1834. Purchased by Douce at sale of libraries of Charles Chauncy, beginning Thurs. April 15, 1790, by Leigh and Sotheby, York street, Covent Garden. [see] A catalogue of the elegant and valuable libraries of Charles Chauncy ... and of his brother, Nathaniel Chauncy, .. both deceased. [1790] = Bodleian Library Douce CC 301(5) Catalogue References: Bodleian Persian [etc.] Cat., 2381 See a list of paintings in this album. MS. Douce Or. a.2 Album, Indian: 18th century Album of Indian paintings, dating mostly from the 18th century, including a number of ragamala pictures. Format: 16 leaves : paper, ill., 430 x 285 mm. (page) Decoration: 16 miniature paintings Binding: red cloth, with spine title in gilt: Indian Pictures An album of 16 Indian miniature paintings Provenance: Douce Bequest, 1834. Catalogue References: Bodleian Persian [etc.] Cat., 2387 See a list of paintings in this album. MS. Douce Or. a.3 Link to digital version Album (disbound), Indian: 16th-18th century Album of Indian paintings and calligraphy, dating mostly from the 18th century, containing portraits, court and hunting scenes, harem scenes, and mythological scenes Format: 38 leaves : paper, ill., Binding, 520 x 400; box, 580 x 425 Decoration: 38 miniature paintings Binding: An album of 38 Indian paintings in three sets: (1) 14 portraits in the Mughal styles of the courts of Shah Jehan and Aurangzeb; (2) 15 portraits and pictures; (3) 10 pictures of Hindu deities; interleaved with 8 calligraphic specimens. Provenance: Douce Bequest, 1834. Catalogue References: Bodleian Persian [etc.] Cat., 2382 See a list of paintings in this album. MS. Douce Or. b.1 Link to digital version Album, Indian: 18th century Album of Indian paintings and calligraphy, dating mostly from the 16th and 17th centuries, containing nature studies, genre scenes, and some Hindu devotional images Format: 21 leaves : paper, ill., 375 x 270 mm. (leaf) Decoration: 26 miniature paintings Binding: 18th-century red morocco with gilt embossed medallions at corners and centrepiece. An album of 26 Indian pictures, with 14 calligraphic specimens Provenance: Douce Bequest, 1834. Catalogue References: Bodleian Persian [etc.] Cat., 2384; S.C. 22014. See a list of paintings in this album. MS. Douce Or. b.2 Album, Indian: 18th century Album of Indian paintings and calligraphy, dating mostly from the 18th century, principally ragamala pictures Format: 55 leaves : paper, ill., 406 x 310 mm. (leaf) Decoration: 53 miniature paintings Binding:18th century brown leather with gilt key pattern roll parallel to outer and inner edges of boards. An album of 53 Indian pictures, including Ragamala pictures and zenana scenes Note: Western opening. With extensive notes by Francis Douce on added leaves and in margins. Provenance: Douce Bequest, 1834. Catalogue References: Bodleian Persian [etc.] Cat., 2380 See a list of paintings in this album. MS. Douce Or. b.3 Link to digital version Album (disbound), Indian: 18th century Album of Indian paintings, dating mostly from the 18th century, of genre scenes with a few court pictures / Format: 35 leaves : paper, ill., 580 x 425 mm. (box) Decoration: 1 drawing and 32 miniature paintings. Binding: dark green morocco embossed with gilt medallions. An album of 32 Indian paintings, with 1 charcoal sketch and 3 calligraphic specimens Provenance: Douce Bequest, 1834. Catalogue References: Bodleian Persian [etc.] Cat., 2383 See a list of paintings in this album. MS. Douce Or. c.4 Album, Indian: 17th-18th centuries Album of Indian paintings and calligraphy Format: 54 leaves : paper, ill., 266 x 220 mm. (maximum page size) Decoration: 53 miniature paintings Binding: 19th-century cloth binding An album of 53 Indian paintings and 7 calligraphic specimens. Provenance: Douce Bequest, 1834. Catalogue References: Bodleian Persian [etc.] Cat., 2379 See a list of paintings in this album. MS. Laud Or. 149 Album, Indian: 17th century, c. 1600-1640 Album of Indian paintings and calligraphy Format: 66 leaves : paper, ill., 380 x 246 (page size) Decoration: 30 miniature paintings. Binding: black leather with gold embossed arabesques; rebacked; inside covers red morocco. An album of 66 Indian paintings. Provenance: Archbishop William Laud. Presented to the Bodleian Library in 1640 See a list of paintings in this album. MS. Ous. Add. 166 Link to digital version Album, Indian: 17th-18th centuries Title: Indian picture album / Format: 44 leaves : paper, ill., binding, 443 x 330 approx.; leaf 440 x 320 Decoration: Binding: Lacquer with miniatures inset on upper and lower covers. 22 quires of two leaves held inside covers with ribbon loops. An album of 44 Indian pictures, including court, harem, and hunting scenes, with portraits, uniformly mounted and presented in pairs. Note: Not thought to come from Gore Ouseley's collection; see Summary Catalogue of Mss., 24643. Catalogue References: Bodleian Persian [etc.] Cat., 1893 See a list of paintings in this album. MS. Ous. Add. 167 Album, Indian: 17th-18th centuries Title/Author: Album of Indian paintings and calligraphy / Format: 42 leaves : paper, ill., 375 x 260 mm. Decoration: 40 paintings. Binding: red morocco with gilt embossed centrepiece and corner-pieces on upper and lower boards. An album of 40 Indian pictures with 20 calligraphic specimens. Catalogue References: Bodleian Persian [etc.] Cat., 1896 See a list of paintings in this album. MS. Ous. Add. 169 Album, Indian: 17th-18th centuries Title/Author: Album of Indian pictures from a ragamala series / Format: 36 leaves : paper, ill., 315 x 225 mm. (leaf) Decoration: 36 paintings. Binding: worn black morocco binding with gilt centrepieces and medallions parallel to board edges. An album of 36 Indian pictures in a Ragamala series; versos blank except for Persian inscriptions. Catalogue References: Bodleian Persian [etc.] Cat., 1892 See a list of paintings in this album. MS. Ous. Add. 170 Link to digital version Album (disbound), Indian: 17th-18th centuries Title: Indian picture album (disbound) Format: 21 leaves : paper, ill., disbound in box, sheets 365 x 265 Decoration: 21 paintings. Binding: [disbound] An album of 21 pictures and 17 calligraphic specimens. Catalogue References: Bodleian Persian [etc.] Cat., 1895 See a list of paintings in this album. MS. Ous. Add. 171 Link to digital version Album (disbound), Indian: 16th-18th centuries Title/Author: Indian picture album / Format: 25 leaves : paper, ill., box, 600 x 445 Decoration: 25 paintings. Binding: [disbound] 25 pictures, in various Indian styles, and 1 specimen of calligraphy. Note: Description in Bodleian Persian [etc.] Cat., 1894, mentions "numerous" specimens of calligraphy; these are now apparently inaccessible after remounting of items, only one specimen remaining (fol. 1v). Catalogue References: Bodleian Persian [etc.] Cat., 1894 See a list of paintings in this album. MS. Ous. Add. 172 Album, Indian: undated Title/Author: Indian picture album / Format: 20 leaves : paper, ill., covers 360 x 273; leaf 345 x 260 Decoration: 15 paintings. Layout: Script: Binding: Half red morocco with cardboard covers. Hinges of bright, coarse cloth An album of 20 leaves containing 15 paintings, with calligraphic specimens and cut-paper work designs mounted in patterned-paper borders Noted on f. iii b, "350 rps" (price in rupees) Catalogue References: Bodleian Persian [etc.] Cat., 1899 See a list of paintings in this album. MS. Ous. Add. 173 Link to digital version Album, Indian: 18th century Title: Indian picture album, c. 18th century, ostensibly of portraits of the Mughal emperors from the time of Timur, from the collection of Sir Gore Ouseley. "House of Timur" (spine title). Format: 34 album leaves with additional material : paper, ill., binding 435 x 300 x 40; leaves various sizes. Decoration: 34 paintings. Binding: late 18th-century lacquer binding with gilt arabesques and flowers on green background; inner covers red leather with gilt arabesques and flower border. An album of 34 leaves containing Indian paintings and calligraphy, with two lithographs inserted, and a manuscript introduction of 5 leaves (fols. viii-xi) and other notes by Sir Gore Ouseley. Paintings numbered in the album following Western style of codex opening on right. The paintings ostensibly depict the Mughal royal lineage, but some have been misidentified. Provenance: Engraved armorial bookplate of Sir Gore Ouseley on flyleaves at front and back. Catalogue References: Bodleian Persian [etc.] Cat., 1897 See a list of paintings in this album. MS. Ous. Add. 174 Album, Indian: 18th century Title/Author: Indian picture album, c. 18th century, containing Hindu religious scenes, love scenes, and animal pictures, from the collection of Sir Gore Ouseley / Format: 24 leaves : paper, ill., binding 315 x 245 mm. Layout: Script: Binding: An album of 24 Indian paintings, several on Hindu religious themes, with specimens of Persian calligraphy. Catalogue References: Bodleian Persian [etc.] Cat., 1898 See a list of paintings in this album.

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Albums of Mughal Indian paintings in the Bodleian Library

MS. Douce Or. a.1--MS. Douce Or. a.2 --MS. Douce Or. a.3 --MS. Douce Or. b.1 --MS. Douce Or. b.2 --MS. Douce Or. b.3 --MS. Douce Or. c.4 --MS. Laud Or. 149 --MS. Ous. Add. 166 --MS. Ous. Add. 167 --MS. Ous. Add. 169 --MS. Ous. Add. 170 --MS. Ous. Add. 171 --MS. Ous. Add. 172 --MS. Ous. Add. 173 --MS. Ous. Add. 174

MS. Douce Or. a.1

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Album, Indian: 17th century

Album of Indian paintings and calligraphy, dating from the period of Shahjahan's reign, including several portraits of the Mughal emperors

Format: 60 leaves : paper, ill., 385 x 255 mm. (page)

Decoration: illuminations; 41 miniature paintings

Layout: Layout of text section, 7 lines. Binding: lacquer, with floral portraits on outside and inside of boards

An album of 41 Indian paintings, chiefly from the Shahjahan period (1628-1658), expressive of the Mughal lineage of Shahjahan; interleaved with 37 calligraphic specimens by Mīr Alī-alkātib, dated 1530 (A.H. 937) on fol. 55a ; and 9 leaves of text, fols. 10-18, containing portions of Jami's Tuhfat al-ahrar. Most of the inset paintings have floral borders, some have inner borders depicting bunches of grapes.

Note: Title on spine, "Patna's drawings"

Provenance: Chauncey, Charles (1709–1777), engraved armorial bookplate of Chas. Chauncy inside lower cover ; Douce Bequest, 1834. Purchased by Douce at sale of libraries of Charles Chauncy, beginning Thurs. April 15, 1790, by Leigh and Sotheby, York street, Covent Garden. [see] A catalogue of the elegant and valuable libraries of Charles Chauncy ... and of his brother, Nathaniel Chauncy, .. both deceased. [1790] = Bodleian Library Douce CC 301(5)

Catalogue References: Bodleian Persian [etc.] Cat., 2381