Fig. 22: Textile ticket with an image labeled Akbar Sa Badsa (Emperor Akbar) late 19th-early 20th century, Kerr Tarruck Company, Calcutta, Karachi and Bombay; Steiner Mill, Manchester. From the Priya Paul Collection, New Delhi.

Fig. 18: Postcard of Akbars tomb labeled: The tomb of Akbar the Great Alias Sikandra, Agra. Built by the Emperor Jahangir in 1605 A.D. c. 1900-30. H.A. Mirza and Sons. From the Priya Paul Collection, New Delhi.

Fig. 14: Stereoview of the Jami Mosque, Delhi Underwood and Underwood North American and Britain, 1903 Collection of Sujata Ray and Atreyee Gupta.

Fig. 10: Lobby card from the 1964 film Jahan Ara (dir. Vinod Kumar) From the Priya Paul Collection, New Delhi.

Fig. 17: Postcard of the Taj Mahal labeled: The Taj Mahal, Agra. Commenced in 1637 and completed in 1648 A.D. by the Emperor Shahjahan. Wonderful Building in the World. c. 1900-30. H.A. Mirza and Sons. From the Priya Paul Collection, New Delhi.

Kanpur ka charmi asbab vilayat par sharf rakhta hai (Kanpur's leather items are betrer than those from Vilayat or Britain), urdu advertisement of horse saddles, full page, magazine or catalogue, Prop. Ilmi Jantari Korswan, Kanpur. Circa 1930.

Fig. 02. Genealogy of the Kovilpatti artists group.

RADIO. SAFETY MATCHES. PRICE RE. 0.0.9. ARUNA MATCH WORKS WALAJAPET. N. A., MADE IN INDIA. Colour printed matchbox label, vertical, mid-late 20^th C, 3.5 cm x 5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [2.297.002]

 

RIDER, PRICE RE. 0.06, KONERU MATCH FACTORY, E. MUTHULINDAPURAM. Colour printed matchbox label, vertical, mid-late 20^th C, 3.5 cm x 5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [2.339.003]

PONN-MEEN (Also in Tamil Text). PRICE RE. 0.0.6. JAYAKAR MATCH WORKS SRIVILLIPUTTUR. Colour printed matchbox label, horizontal, mid-late 20^th C, 5 cm x 3.5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [2.270.005]

50 PAISE, 1985, MEGHANA, MAX. RET. PRICE 50 Ps. 50 STICKS, SOLAISAMY MATCH WORKS, KARADIKULAM, Printed matchbox label, mid-late 20th c., 3.5 cm x 5 cm each broad side, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [20.039.002]

Fig. 44: Yatra naryastu pujyante ramante tatra devata (Where women are honoured, there divinity blossoms). Poster published by Shivraj Fine Arts Litho Works, Nagpur, c. 1950s. From the author’s personal collection.

NUMBER THREE 3 SAFETY MATCHES, NO. THREE, PRICE RE 0.0.6, ORIENTAL MATCH WORKS, PUDUSURANGUDI. Colour printed matchbox label on card, vertical, 3.5 cm x 5 cm, mid-late 20^th C, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [2.205.003]