SEE JAWAB AT IMPERIAL, Printed matchbox label, early-mid 20th c., 3.5 cm x 5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [20.023.001]

Fig. 15: Sree Bahucharaji, the patron goddess of the Indian hijra (transgender or intersex) community shown riding her rooster vahana, Ravi Varma Press print, 1920s, 35.56 cm x 25.40 cm. Susan Meller Collection, California.

Fig. 54: CHHAPPAN CHHURI (Literally: 56 knives; Figuratively: treacherous woman). Singers: Shakeel and Tahrul Faizabadi. Publisher: SMILE VCD.

Fig. 04: Hema Malini (from a still of Kinara, for 26.12. 95, ABP, P.2)

Fig. 02: A poster of the Taj Mahal showing it from the river c. mid-20th century. From the Priya Paul Collection, New Delhi.

Fig. 01: Roadside display of poster and calendar art (Daryaganj, Delhi, 2000) (Unless otherwise noted, the images on this virtual gallery were collected in Delhi circa 2000, and may perhaps date from around that time).

Ahimsa Ke Avatar [Incarnation of Non-Violence]. Print bearing the signature of M. L. Sharma, no other publication information known, date circa mid-20th century. Priya Paul Collection, New Delhi.

Fig. 29: The Maratha king enthroned. Final panel of Amar Chitra Katha’s Shivaji (1972).
Artist: Pratap Mullick.

Shivaji, c. 1880, published possibly in Germany after an oil painting by a 1664 Dutch artist Den Haag, Oleograph, 24.5 x34.5 cm. Collection of Erwin Neumayer and Christine Schelberger, Vienna.

MAHARANA, SUPER DELUXE, SAFETY MATCHES, 50's, 25 Ps., MFD. FOR M M MAHESAWARI JODHPUR (Tamil Text too small to read). Colour printed matchbox label, vertical, 3.5 cmx 5 cm, mid-late 20^th C, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [2.118.002]

RAMAYAN, Printed matchbox label, early-mid 20th c., 3.5 cm x 5 cm. Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [13.052.001]

PARROT BRAND. SAFETY MATCHES. (Also illegible texts).  Colour printed matchbox label, vertical, mid-late 20^th C, 3.5 cm x 5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [2.235.001]
 

PALTA (Also in Hindi Text). 50'S PRICE 25 PS. SUPER QUALITY. SAFETY MATCHES. 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. [2.221.003]

 

Astra Dan (weapon giving) by Sudhir Chowdhury, S.N.S. Collection of Erwin Neumayer and Christine Schelberger, Vienna. [#422]