Outdoor portrait of FFMA missionary, Henry E. Clark leaving house by filanjana, Madagascar, ca. 1865-1885

"H.E. Clark off for the day". Clark, a missionary with the Friends' Foreign Mission Association is being carried on his missionary travels by filanjana, a traditional Malagasy palanquin. His wife and daughter can be seen in the porch of their home.; 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.

“H.E.克拉克当日休假”。克拉克是公谊会海外传教协会（Friends' Foreign Mission Association）的传教士，他正乘坐传统马达加斯加轿子（filanjana）进行传教行程。画面中可见他的妻子与女儿站在自家门廊内。约翰·帕雷特于1862年至1885年间在马达加斯加担任伦敦传道会（London Missionary Society）印刷工，起初供职于首都塔那那利佛（Tananarive，现安塔那那利佛（Antananarivo））；1873年至1875年在英国休假期满后，转赴安帕里贝（Amparibe）任职。1862年，帕雷特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·戴维森医生及其夫人、罗伯特·托伊夫妇、校长查尔斯·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——后者在1861年拉瓦洛娜一世女王去世后，于1862年拉达马二世国王登基之际，率先重启了向马达加斯加派遣传教士的工作。