View of Ambohimanga du Sud, Fianarantsoa, Madagascar, ca.1865-1885

"Ambòhimànga". View of fields and hills, indigenous man seated in foreground.; 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.

"Ambòhimànga"：田野与丘陵景观，前景处端坐一位原住民男性。约翰·帕雷特（John Parrett）于1862年至1885年间任职于马达加斯加的伦敦传道会（London Missionary Society）印刷工，起初在首都塔那那利佛（Tananarive，现名安塔那那利佛Antananarivo）工作；1873年至1875年在英国休假后，他前往安帕里贝（Amparibe）继续履职。帕雷特于1862年随一支大型传教使团乘船前往马达加斯加，该使团成员包括安德鲁·戴维森夫妇、罗伯特·托伊夫妇、教师查尔斯·托马斯·斯塔格与斯塔格夫人、约翰·达弗斯牧师以及威廉·爱德华·卡曾斯牧师。这支使团的派遣目的是协助威廉·埃利斯牧师：1861年拉瓦洛娜一世女王（Queen Ranavalona I）去世后，拉达马二世国王（King Radama II）即位，威廉·埃利斯于1862年率先重启向马达加斯加派遣传教士的工作。