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See India, Baluchistan

1931

Visit India's First Rail Transport Museum.

Visit India

Visit India

circa 1930

indian state railways poster

1930

Poster, Indian State Railways, 'See India, Amber', by Austin Cooper, about 1930. Coloured lithograph depicting a gigantic caparisoned elephant with a howdah on its back. Alongside are onlookers, and guards carrying long spears. High on a hill in the background are the city walls of Amber (Amer) in Rajasthan. Artist's name at bottom right of illustration. Text in bottom margin reads "The Lochend Printing Co., Ltd., London. Printed in England". Text below. Format double royal, linen backed.

See India - Amber

1925-1935

Poster, Indian State Railways, Visit India, Ellora by William Spencer Bagdatopoulos (Bylityilis), about 1930. Coloured lithograph depicting the caves at Ellora in Maharashtra state. The poster shows a colossal statue of an elephant in front of the Kailasanatha Temple with the vertical face of the Charanandri hills in the background. Pilgrims, including a man and a boy in turbans, and a woman covering her head with a sari, stand in the foreground. Text above and below the illustration, with a large yellow diamond in the bottom right corner for the insertion of overprinted text, with the words "The Times of India Press" below. Format double royal. Linen backed.

Visit India - Ellora

circa 1930

Indian Railways poster. Visit India's First Rail Transport Museum - Chanakyapuri, New Delhi

Visit India's First Rail Transport Museum

Poster, Indian State Railways, Visit India, Benares by W S Bagdatopoulos (William Spencer Bylityilis), about 1930. Coloured lithograph depicting a view of a ghat in Benares (Varanasi) in Uttar Pradesh. Steps lead from the River Ganges to temples above. There is a boat crowded with passengers, and groups of pilgrims, bathers and holy men on the steps and platforms above, some of them shielded by large straw parasols. Text above and below the illustration, with a large yellow diamond in the bottom right corner for the insertion of overprinted text, with the words "The Times of India Press" below. Format double royal.

Visit India - Benares

circa 1930

Poster, Indian State Railway, Visit Holy Isipatana (Sarnath), India, by Dorothy Newsome, about 1930. Coloured lithograph depicting an elephant leading a procession of pilgrims. On a hill in the background are the Mulagandhakuti Vihara Buddhist temple and the Dhamekh stupa. Text below, with the additional words "Mulagadha Kuti Vihara". Artist's name at top left. In the bottom margin are the words "Calcutta Chromotype Limited, 52/53 Bowbazar Street". Format double royal. Linen backed.

Visit Holy Isipatana (Sarnath), India

1933-1935

Poster, Indian State Railways, Visit India, Budh Gaya by W S Bagdatopoulos (William Spencer Bylitiyilis), about 1930. Coloured lithograph depicting the Mahabodhi temple at Bodhgaya in Bihar state, with a religious procession, including two elephants, in the foreground. Text above and below the illustration, with a large yellow diamond in the bottom right corner for the insertion of overprinted text, with the words "The Times of India Press" below. Format double royal. Linen backed.

Visit India - Budh Gaya

circa 1930