Fig. 23: Still from Pinjre Ke Panchhi, 1966. Gelatin silver print, surface-mounted on cardboard, 20 x 25 cm. The Priya Paul Collection of Popular Art, New Delhi.

Fig. 24: Lobby card still from Shaadi, 1962. Gelatin silver print, 20 x 30 cm. The Priya Paul Collection of Popular Art, New Delhi.

Fig. 25: Cover of the brochure for Taxi Driver, 1973. Chromolithograph on paper, 22 x 17 cm. The Priya Paul Collection of Popular Art, New Delhi.

Fig. 38: Close-up of the collage of Krishna and Radha cut outs applied to a Europeanesque landscape (See previous).

Fig. 01: Couple in a calendar image.

Fig. 02: Colonial photograph of a monument.

Fig. 03: Photograph of a historical monument.

Fig. 4: Pilgrimage map from Varanasi entitled “Asli Kashi Kshetra Ka Naksa [sic]”: “Map of the Real Kashi”.

Fig. 05: Jain couple posing in front of the Taj Mahal, from Christopher Pinney’s essay, “Some Indian “Views of India”: The Ethics of Representation”, in Traces of India, p. 267. Pinney’s caption adds, “Whether this was the Taj Mahal in Agra or a studio backdrop depicting it remains unknown.”

Fig. 06: Film stars Dharmendra and Hema Malini in front of the Victorial Memorial, 1989 calendar for Chetak bath soap and Shakti laundry soap, published by Garg Chitralaya, Ujjain.

Fig. 07: Poster depicting the tragic lovers of Punjabi legend, Sohni and Mahiwal. Sohni and Mahiwal swam across a river at night to meet each other, Sohni with the help of the earthen pot she is carrying in the picture. Swastik Picture Publishers, Delhi. (Courtesy Patricia and JPS Uberoi.)

Fig. 08: A 1967 calendar of Parkash Chand & Sons, Delhi, depicting a mythical couple.

Fig. 09: Print from the Ravi Varma Press, possibly depicting Arjuna and Subhadra.

Fig. 10: Shree Laxmi. Print from the Ravi Varma Press.

Fig. 11: Print from the Ravi Varma Press, possibly depicting the demon Kaliya’s wives interceding on Krishna’s behalf. Rather than providing a ‘realist’ depiction of the landscape around Mathura-Vrindavan, its semi-pastoral backdrop of mountains, cows and a hamlet draws on the mythic realism of European prints circulating at the time.