Indigenous printing workers gathered around gateway of printing office, Madagascar, ca. 1865-1885

"Gateway of Printing Office". Group of indigenous men waiting on steps outside gate.; John Parrett served as a printer for the London Missionary Society in Madagascar from 1862 to 1885, first at the capital Tananarive [now Antananarivo] then, following a period of furlough in England from 1873 to 1875, at Amparibe. Parrett sailed to Madagascar in 1862 as part of a large missionary party comprising Dr and Mrs Andrew Davidson , Mr and Mrs Robert Toy, schoolmaster Charles Thomas Stagg and Mrs Stagg, Reverend John Duffus and Reverend William Edward Cousins. The party was sent to aid Reverend William Ellis who had pioneered the re-introduction of missionaries to Madagascar in 1862 on the accession of King Radama II to the throne, following the death of Queen Ranavalona I in 1861.

“印刷所大门”。一群原住民男子正于大门外的台阶等候。约翰·帕雷特（John Parrett）于1862年至1885年间，在马达加斯加（Madagascar）为伦敦传道会（London Missionary Society）担任印刷技工。他最初在首都塔那那利佛（Tananarive，今安塔那那利佛Antananarivo）履职，1873年至1875年在英国休假休整后，转赴安帕里贝（Amparibe）工作。1862年，帕雷特随一支大型传教使团启航前往马达加斯加，该使团成员包括安德鲁·戴维森（Andrew Davidson）博士夫妇、罗伯特·托伊（Robert Toy）夫妇、校长查尔斯·托马斯·斯塔格（Charles Thomas Stagg）夫妇、约翰·达弗斯（John Duffus）牧师以及威廉·爱德华·卡曾斯（William Edward Cousins）牧师。这支使团的派遣目的是支援威廉·埃利斯（William Ellis）牧师：后者在1861年拉纳瓦洛娜一世（Queen Ranavalona I）女王驾崩后，伴随拉达马二世（King Radama II）国王即位，于1862年率先重启向马达加斯加派遣传教士的工作。