I.N.A. Officer with Netaji, by Sudhir Chowdhury, c. 1945, S.N.S., 18.5 x 23.5 cm. Collection of Erwin Neumayer and Christine Schelberger, Vienna. [#417]

GAUHAR JAN, MADE IN SWEDEN, Printed matchbox label, early-mid 20th c., 2 sizes: 7 cm x 10 cm, 3.5 cm x 5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [19.154.001]

Fig. 14: Battle between Krishna and Indra with Krishna mounted on Garuda and Indra, god of the heavens, mounted on Airavata, his white elephant vahana, after Krishna had stolen the celestial Parijata tree from Indra’s garden, textile label, circa 1900, 15.24 cm x 12.06 cm. Susan Meller Collection, California.

Fig. 53: CHHAPPAN CHHURI (Literally: 56 knives; Figuratively: treacherous woman). Singer: Tarabano Faizabadi. Publisher: GANGA VCD.

Fig. 03: Rekha (for 25.3.96, Cinema Jugantar, P.2.)

Fig. 01: An advertisement featuring the Taj Mahal on a Japanese subway for funerary monuments. Photographed in 2001. Photograph: Catherine and Frederick Asher.

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.

Fig. 28: The dying emperor. Final panel of Amar Chitra Katha’s Shah Jahan (1979).
Artist: Souren Roy.

Ramrajyabhiseka (coronation of Rama) by Durandhar, c. 1900, Ravi Varma Press, Oleograph, 75 x 50 cm. Collection of Erwin Neumayer and Christine Schelberger, Vienna.

MAHARAJA, SAFETY MATCH, 50'S, PRICE 13 Ps., RAJINI MATCH WORKS, KOVILPATTI, CERTIFIED BY K & V .I.C. (KHADI AND VILLAGE INDUSTRIES COMMISSION).Colour printed matchbox label, horizontal, 5 cmx 5 cm, mid-late 20^th C, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [2.117.009]
 

SULPHUR MATCHES TRADE MARK, MADE IN JAPAN, C EBRAHIM & CO, Printed matchbox label, early-mid 20th c., 3.5 cm x 5 cm. Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [13.051.007]

PARROT. (Also in Hindi Translation). 50'S PRICE 15 PS. SAFETY MATCHES. BISMICO. MFD. BY: SUDHA MATCH WORKS, T. ARUNACHALAPURAM. Colour printed matchbox label, vertical, mid-late 20^th C, 3.5 cm x 5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [2.234.003]

PALTA (Also in Hindi Text). CLASSIC MATCHES. 50'S M.R.P. 75 P. LORD MATCH INDUSTRIES, MEENAMPATTI (VIA) SIVAKASI. Colour printed matchbox label, horizontal, mid-late 20^th C, 5 cm x 3.5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [2.221.002]

 

Netaji Subhashchandra Bose by S. Manohar, c. 1945, N.R. Sunthankar, Belgaum, 20 x 25.5 cm. Collection of Erwin Neumayer and Christine Schelberger, Vienna. [#418]