Air India Elephant Maharajah

£2,250.00

Original vintage Asia travel poster for India issued by Air India - There is an Air about India - featuring a colourful collage style illustration depicting the Air-India mascot (a Maharaja created in 1946 by Bobby Kooka and Umesh Rao) riding a traditionally dressed elephant at a festival surrounded by flamboyantly dressed people carrying flags, holding a tea tray, playing music on their instruments and riding a horse with birds flying above and trees and flowers below. Printed in India. Good condition, staining, repaired tears, backed on linen.

Country India
Year 1965
Width (cm) 64
Height (cm) 101
Linen backed? Yes

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