Hindu dieties, c. 1948, chromolithograph, 25 x 18.5 cm. Collection of Erwin Neumayer and Christine Schelberger, Vienna. [#261]

SUYODAHNA, 50'S SAFETY MATCHES, PRICE 13 PS., MOHAN MATCH INDUSTRIES, TADPATRI. Colour printed matchbox label, vertical, mid-late 20^th C, 3.5 cm x 5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [11.131.001]

MAHARAJA OF MYSORE. LALUBHAI JECHAND SHAH. BOMBAY 3. Colour printed matchbox label, vertical, mid-late 20th C, 3.5 cm x 5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [19.118.002]

RABBIT. PRICE RE. 0.01. THIRUMAL MATCH INDUSTRIES GUDIYATTAM. Colour printed matchbox label, vertical, mid-late 20^th C, 3.5 cm x 5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [2.291.004]

KEY. SAFETY MATCHES. THE SOUTH ARCOT MATCHWORKS. CHIDAMBARAM. Colour printed matchbox label, vertical, mid-late 20^th C, 3.5 cm x 5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [2.372.003]

 

LILLY, 50’s PRICE 15 Ps., PESMICO, MUTHUMEENATCHI MATCH FACTORY, THAMARAIKULAM, Printed matchbox label, mid-late 20th c., 3.5 cm x 5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [2.063.004]

LEVER. SUPERIOR QUALITY. SAFETY MATCH. DAMP PROOF. LEVER MATCH WORKS, MALA. Printed matchbox label, mid-late 20th c., 5 cm x 3.5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [2.055.001]

Ravidas in a contemplative mood. Printer/publisher: Not Known. Purchased from Ravidas Dera Sach Khand Ballan. Ravidas in a more contemporary attire, holding a string of beads in his right hand. Flowers lie strewn in front of him. The caption reads: Satguru Ravidas Ji Maharaj (The true Guru Ravidas Ji Maharaj).

Fig. 18 Advertisements offering various treatments at festive package rates, Adam n Eve Salon Spa, Dhaka. Web link: https://www.offerali.com/merchant/page/adam-n-eve-salon-spa-gulshan-dhaka

Fig. 15: Mata Gujri achieves martyrdom. Page from Nikkiyan Jinda Vadda Saka (An Illustrated Story of the Sacrifice of the Chhote Sahibzade). Artist Devender Singh. Published by SGPC, 1976. Photograph courtesy Devender Singh.

Fig. 02: ‘Cavalcade’ by Oommen, The Sunday Leader, Allahabad, 7 September 1947, Magazine Section, p. 1. Courtesy British Library, London.

Shakti Darshan, c. 1960, Fancy Picture House, Ludhiana, 48 x 33 cm. Collection of Erwin Neumayer and Christine Schelberger, Vienna. [#262]

TARZAN,6 NP, BHARANI MATCHWORKS THAMMANAICKENPATTI. Colour printed matchbox label, vertical, mid-late 20^th C, 3.5 cm x 5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [11.152.001]