View of Antananarivo showing houses and palace, Madagascar, ca. 1865-1885

"Summit of Capital" View of palace with traditional houses in foreground. Print from cracked glass plate negative.; 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.

《首都之巅》（Summit of Capital）：前景带有传统民居的宫殿景观，该作品源自破损玻璃底板底片（glass plate negative）的冲印样张。约翰·帕雷特（John Parrett）于1862年至1885年间担任伦敦传道会（London Missionary Society）驻马达加斯加的冲印师，最初在当时的首都塔那那利佛（Tananarive，现名安塔那那利佛Antananarivo）履职；1873年至1875年在英国休假期满后，转至安帕里贝（Amparibe）工作。1862年，帕雷特随一支大型传教使团启程前往马达加斯加，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·斯塔格及其夫人、约翰·达弗斯牧师与威廉·爱德华·卡曾斯牧师。这支使团受命协助威廉·埃利斯牧师：1861年拉纳瓦洛娜一世女王逝世后，拉达马二世国王即位，埃利斯牧师于1862年率先推动重启向马达加斯加派遣传教士的工作。