Bhagwan ki Takli: Mahatma Gandhi (Jail Mein), (god’s spindle: Gandhi in prison) by Prabhu Dayal, c. 1930, Shyam Sundar Lal, Cawnpore, 22.5 x 17.5 cm. Collection of Erwin Neumayer and Christine Schelberger, Vienna.

MAN, SETHURAM MATCHWORKS SANTHIYUR, MAN, THE DURAISAMY MATCHWORKS SANDAIYUR, PRICE RE 0.06, PRICE RE 0.06. Colour printed matchbox label on card, vertical, 3.5 cmx 5 cm, mid-late 20^th C, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [2.126.005]

 

PHONE. M.R.P. 75 PS I.A.T. T.M.O. SRI RENGANATHA MATCH INDUSTRIES, KOVILPATTI -628 501. MFRS. ARUNA MATCH WORKS. K. VELAYUTHAPURAM – 628 552. 40'S SAFETY MATCHES. Colour printed matchbox label, horizontal, mid-late 20^th C, 5 cm x 3.5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [2.253.006]

 

RAMA THOOTHAN, SAFETY MATCHES, PRICE RE 0.04, SRI THIRUPPATHIAN INDUSTRIES MATCH WORKS, SATTUR, Printed matchbox label, early-mid 20th c., 3.5 cm x 5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [13.056.003]

Fig. 14: Mission, Kanu Bhagdev, novel cover.

Freedom is Our Birth Right by Sudhir Chowdhury, c. 1946, 20 x 15 cm. Collection of Erwin Neumayer and Christine Schelberger, Vienna. [#421]

BABY SAROJA, ST. JOSEPH MATCH WORKS, KALUGUMALAI, Printed matchbox label, early-mid 20th c., 3.5 cm x 5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [24.063.001]

Fig. 17: Workshop of the late P. N. Subbaiyar, Madurai, 1982. Photograph: S. Inglis.

Fig. 14: Encounter at a well, Pongal greeting card, date unknown. Collection: S. Marieswaran.

Fig. 11: Rural scene, magazine illustration, date not known. Collection: S. Marieswaran.

Fig. 08: Murugan, calendar illustration for T.A.S. Rathnam Snuff, date unknown. Collection: S. Inglis.

Fig. 05: Gandhi with children, magazine illustration, date not known. Collection: S. Marieswaran.

Fig. 02: Portrait of K. Madhavan, ca. 1975. Courtesy of Pankajakshiammal, Chennai, photographer unknown.

Gandhi Aur Krishna: Gandhi & Krishna. Print bearing the signature of Ramnarain P. Published by Imperial Calendar Manufacturing, Delhi, circa 1930s? Priya Paul Collection, New Delhi. Note that fact that Nehru and Gandhi—both sitting with bare-feet on a pa