View of agricultural land near Antananarivo, Madagascar, ca. 1865-1885

"Rice valleys N.E. of Capital" View from hillside on edge of the city looking across fields. Indigenous man standing amongst plants in the 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.《首都东北侧稻米河谷》：画面取自城市边缘的山坡视角，俯瞰连片田野，前景处一名原住民男子伫立在植物丛中；约翰·帕雷特（John Parrett）于1862年至1885年间任职于伦敦传道会（London Missionary Society）驻马达加斯加（Madagascar）办事处，担任印刷员一职。他起初驻节于首府塔那那利佛（Tananarive，现名安塔那那利佛Antananarivo），1873年至1875年在英国休假后，转赴安帕里贝（Amparibe）履职。帕雷特于1862年随一支大型传教团乘船前往马达加斯加，该团成员包括安德鲁·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）及其夫人、约翰·达弗斯（John Duffus）牧师与威廉·爱德华·卡曾斯（William Edward Cousins）牧师。该传教团的派遣目的是协助威廉·埃利斯（William Ellis）牧师——后者在1861年拉纳瓦洛娜一世（Queen Ranavalona I）驾崩后，于1862年拉达马二世（King Radama II）登基之际，率先重启了向马达加斯加派遣传教士的工作。