Bhagat Ravidas depicted on a book cover Printer/publisher: Dalit Lekhak Sangh, Varanasi, 2005. Purchased from Dr. Mahesh Prasad Ahirwar, Department of Ancient Indian History Archaeology and Culture, Banaras Hindu University, Banaras. Book Cover: Shram Parampara and Guru Ravidas (Tradition of Manual Labour and Guru Ravidas), edited by Dr. Mahesh Prasad Ahirwar.

Fig. 13 Masculinity meets beauty: promotional image published by Hairbox, Dhaka in 2016. Web link: http://hairboxbd.com

Fig. 10: Cover of Khoon Shaheedon Ka (The Blood of the Martyrs). Artist Kirpal Singh. Published by Sikh Missionary College, Ludhiana, n.d. Photograph: author.

Fig. 35: Early advertising poster for S.S. Brijbasi, late 1930s. The poster features the kind of image which persuaded the Brijbasi brothers to venture into picture publishing.

Gandhi's last journey by Sudhir Chowdhury, c. 1948, S.N.S., 19 x 24 cm. Collection of Erwin Neumayer and Christine Schelberger, Vienna.

SHIKARI, (HUNTER), GMCO, REGD NO, DAMP PROOF, SAFETY MATCHES. Colour printed matchbox label. horizontal, mid-late 20^th C, 5 cm x 3.5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [11.042.002]

BABAR SHAH, SULPHUR MATCHES, WIMCO. Colour printed matchbox label, vertical, mid-late 20th C, 3.5 cm x 5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [19.114]

QUEEN HORSE. 50'S PRICE 15 PS. 50'S PRICE 25 PS. SAFETY MATCHES. SRI PARANDHAMAN MATCH WORKS, GUDIYATTAM, R.S.N.A.Dt. Colour printed matchbox label, vertical, mid-late 20^th C, 3.5 cm x 5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [2.288.001]

RUBY (R). 50'S PRICE 20 PS. ISI – IS 2653-80. THE MATCH HOUSE, THOTTIAM.  Colour printed matchbox label, vertical, mid-late 20^th C, 3.5 cm x 5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [2.368.002]

 

HAMMER, PRICE RE.0-0-6, THE STANDARD MATCH INDUSTRIES, SIVAKASI, Printed matchbox label, early-mid 20th c., 3.5 cm x 5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [28.101.005]

Fig. 07: An advertisement for Liptons Tea, published in the Times of Ceylon Christmas Number, 1935. From the Priya Paul Collection, New Delhi.

Ravidas in a contemplative mood. Printer/publisher: Lok Bharti Parkashan, Illahabad, 2008 Purchased from Banaras Hindu University Publication Bureau, Banaras. Book Cover: Sant Ravidas by Yogendra Singh.