Ranapratap, c. 1950, Ravi-Udaya Vijaya Offset Litho, Ghatkopar, and Anant Shivaji Desai, Mumbai, Offset/Oleograph, 24 x 34.5 cm. Collection of Erwin Neumayer and Christine Schelberger, Vienna.

Kalki, c. 1900, publisher not known, Oleograph, 33.5 x 22 cm. Collection of Erwin Neumayer and Christine Schelberger, Vienna.

Swaraj Mandir ki Yatra (pilgrimage to the temple of self-rule) by Roop Kishor Kapoor, 1930, Shyam Sundar Lal, Cawnpore, Print,17 x 23.5 cm. Collection of Erwin Neumayer and Christine Schelberger, Vienna.

Extra Hindi text as caption: Bheeshan kasht sehte huve bhi sainik aage badhte hi jaate hain (Bearing tough hardships, the soldiers continue to move ahead).

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]

 

HUNOOMAN, MADE IN JAPAN, Printed matchbox label, mid-late 20th c., 3.5 cm x 5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [13.061.003]

H.H. THE NIZAM, MADE IN JAPAN. Colour printed matchbox label, vertical, mid-late 20th C, 3.5 cm x 5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [19.113.003]

PRIYA. 50'S SAFETY MATCHES. PRICE 20 PS. MATHAVAN MATCH WORKS PUDUSURANGUDI. KOPPAMMAL MATCH FACTORY, SADAYAMPATTI. Colour printed matchbox label, vertical, mid-late 20^th C, 3.5 cm x 5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [2.278.002]

REKLA. SAFETY MATCH – 5'S. PRICE 13 PS. RAJALAKSHMI MATCH WORKS, PERNAICKENPATTI, SIVAKASI. Colour printed matchbox label, horizontal, mid-late 20^th C, 5 cm x 3.5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [2.334.004]

 

RAJINI, WAX MATCHES, 50’s PRICE 40 Ps., THIRUTHANI MATCH FACTORY, S.L.PATTY – 624 006, Printed matchbox label, mid-late 20th c., 3.5 cm x 5 cm each broad side, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [20.038.008]

Holiday Greetings, First Year. TB seal showing a desert well and children playing with wooden toys.

Fig. 22: Captain F.R. Aikman winning the Victoria Cross, postcard, c. 1905.

Fig. 15: Maharana Pratap, by L.N. Sharma, chromolithograph, published by W.W. Wagh, mid-1950s.

Fig. 08: Narsimha, offset chromolithograph, published by Jothi, c. 2000.

Fig. 01: Dust jacket of W.G. Archer’s The Vertical Man: A Study in Primitive Indian Sculpture, first edition 1947.

Fig. 55: Poster for Bajirao Mastani (Sanjay Leela Bhansali, 2015).
http://impawards.com/intl/india/2015/bajirao_mastani_ver6.html