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DOI: 10.25549/impa-m130
title: View of Ambohimanga du Sud, Fianarantsoa, Madagascar, ca. 1865-1885

description: "Ambòhimànga, from the North, Antsàhamànitra Church". View of village houses, church and hills. Indigenous group seated to right.; 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.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m1463
title: Portrait of missionary's children, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India, ca.1910

description: "Arnold and Richmond Hatch, Coimbatore." Portrait of two children playing with wooden bricks and toys outdoors. Children of missionary, William John Hatch who served the LMS in Coimbatore and Salem from 1899 to 1936.; One of a number of prints captioned and pasted onto numbered boards, used by the London Missionary Society for reference and publications.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m1298
title: View of canal, Tamil Nadu, India, ca.1880-1890

description: "Madras. The basin. Buckingham Canal" [now Chennai, Tamil Nadu].; Number 55 of a set of 88 mounted albumen prints, originally numbered 1 to 123. Ralph Wardlaw Thompson was Foreign Secretary of the London Missionary Society from 1881 to 1914, then Secretary Emeritus until his death in 1916. He led the Deputation which took place between  September 1882 and April 1883, during which time, a number of these prints may have been taken or acquired. The subject matter of some of these prints suggest they were taken by Dr. Thompson or one of his missionary colleagues, although others are clearly commercial prints purchased at the time by photographers such as Samuel Bourne. Many of these prints were loaned to the Norwich Missionary Loan Exhibition
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m1267
title: Man in front of temple with dog, Hampi, India, ca. 1880-1890

description: "Humpi." Man, possibly part of misisonary party standing by temple with small dog, Humpi [now Hampi].; Number 14 of a set of 88 mounted albumen prints, originally numbered 1 to 123. Ralph Wardlaw Thompson was Foreign Secretary of the London Missionary Society from 1881 to 1914, then Secretary Emeritus until his death in 1916. He led the Deputation which took place between  September 1882 and April 1883, during which time, a number of these prints may have been taken or acquired. The subject matter of some of these prints suggest they were taken by Dr. Thompson or one of his missionary colleagues, although others are clearly commercial prints purchased at the time by photographers such as Samuel Bourne. Many of these prints were loaned to the Norwich Missionary Loan Exhibition
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m1304
title: View of Massacre Ghat, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India, ca. 1880-1890

description: "Cawnpore. Massacre Ghat." [ now Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh] Bourne negative number 1208.; Number 75 of a set of 88 mounted albumen prints, originally numbered 1 to 123. Ralph Wardlaw Thompson was Foreign Secretary of the London Missionary Society from 1881 to 1914, then Secretary Emeritus until his death in 1916. He led the Deputation which took place between  September 1882 and April 1883, during which time, a number of these prints may have been taken or acquired. The subject matter of some of these prints suggest they were taken by Dr. Thompson or one of his missionary colleagues, although others are clearly commercial prints purchased at the time by photographers such as Samuel Bourne. Many of these prints were loaned to the Norwich Missionary Loan Exhibition
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m1663
title: Streetscene, Wuhan, China, ca. 1885-1890

description: "On the way to the Hanyang School. After using please return to C.G. Sparham". View of gateway along street at water's edge.; One of five mounted prints bearing a stamp on the reverse reading, "China Central, Hankow" or "China General Dr. Griffith John". Dr. John served the LMS in China for over fifty years from 1855 to 1912 when he returned to London.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m1278
title: Female missionary worker with students outside school, Kerala, India, ca.1880-1890

description: "Mrs. Thomson's ?Eraneel Girls' School, Travancore." [now Kerala]. Possibly Mrs Ann Thomson, second wife of Dr. Thomas Thomson, with students of the girls' school. A man stands next to a carriage to the right of the school house, possibly Dr. Thomas Thomson.; Number 36 of a set of 88 mounted albumen prints, originally numbered 1 to 123. Ralph Wardlaw Thompson was Foreign Secretary of the London Missionary Society from 1881 to 1914, then Secretary Emeritus until his death in 1916. He led the Deputation which took place between  September 1882 and April 1883, during which time, a number of these prints may have been taken or acquired. The subject matter of some of these prints suggest they were taken by Dr. Thompson or one of his missionary colleagues, although others are clearly commercial prints purchased at the time by photographers such as Samuel Bourne. Many of these prints were loaned to the Norwich Missionary Loan Exhibition
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m1690
title: Army soldiers queuing for food during the Revolution, Wuhan, China, ca. 1911/1924

description: "Republican  artillery commandeering rice basins for a wayside meal at the Griffith John College, Hankow"  [now Wuhan] China. The revolution began in Szechwan, sparked by the nationalisation of the railways, and brought about the overthrow of the Ch'ing dynasty and establishment of the short-lived Republic in 1912 under the provisional leadership of Sun Yat-sen.; One of a set of eight loose prints of the Chinese Revolution 1911 to 1924 or various anti Japanese, anti-British or anti-communist disturbances or demonstrations between 1924 and 1927. Bernard Upward served the LMS in China from 1905 to 1927, after a previous period in China on behalf of the China Inland Mission from 1897 to 1904. His work was mainly involved in educational work at the Griffith John College.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m125
title: View of Ambohimanga du Sud, Fianarantsoa, Madagascar, ca. 1865-1885

description: "Ambòhimànga, from North". View of village houses and hills.; 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.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m1270
title: Large groups of men standing by temple, Hampi, India, ca. 1880-1890

description: "Temples, Vittalaraya and Ganesa with stone car, Humpi." Man, possibly part of missionary party standing to the right of image. Indian men stand or sit on temple.; Number 17 of a set of 88 mounted albumen prints, originally numbered 1 to 123. Ralph Wardlaw Thompson was Foreign Secretary of the London Missionary Society from 1881 to 1914, then Secretary Emeritus until his death in 1916. He led the Deputation which took place between  September 1882 and April 1883, during which time, a number of these prints may have been taken or acquired. The subject matter of some of these prints suggest they were taken by Dr. Thompson or one of his missionary colleagues, although others are clearly commercial prints purchased at the time by photographers such as Samuel Bourne. Many of these prints were loaned to the Norwich Missionary Loan Exhibition
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m1374
title: Missionary outside village chapel, Nagercoil, Tamil Nadu, India, ca. 1890.

description: "Village chapel - Nagercoil". Missionary standing outside chapel door. Groups of indigenous men to the side.; The Nagercoil mission was established in 1819 and this station was to become the centre of LMS educational work in South India. It was the training centre  for the indigenous clergy, who were so important to the success of the South Indian missions.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m1891
title: Group portrait of girls wearing Brownie uniforms, Jamaica, ca. 1930

description: "Jamaica 'Brownies'." Group of girls in Brownie Uniform  with brooms, cleaning and cooking utensils.; Walker was editor of the Methodist Missionary Society's journals, The Foreign Field, 1914-1932, and it's successor The Kingdom Overseas 1933-1945. He published 18 books and numerous pamphlets, including biographies of Thomas Birch Freeman and William Carey. He travelled to the mission fields extensively, visiting the West Indies in 1930. The earliest Wesleyan mission began in the West Indies when, in 1786, Thomas Coke, destined for Nova Scotia, was driven off course by a storm and landed at Antigua in the British West Indies. There he dieveloped a successful mission of both slaves and landowners. Within a few years almost every colony in the West Indies had been reached.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m1266
title: Group portrait of Rajah of Savant Wadi and his Sirdars, India, ca. 1880-1890

description: "The Rajah of Sawant Wasi and his Sirdars". Group portrait of men and boys in ceremonial dress holding swords.; Number 13 of a set of 88 mounted albumen prints, originally numbered 1 to 123. Ralph Wardlaw Thompson was Foreign Secretary of the London Missionary Society from 1881 to 1914, then Secretary Emeritus until his death in 1916. He led the Deputation which took place between  September 1882 and April 1883, during which time, a number of these prints may have been taken or acquired. The subject matter of some of these prints suggest they were taken by Dr. Thompson or one of his missionary colleagues, although others are clearly commercial prints purchased at the time by photographers such as Samuel Bourne. Many of these prints were loaned to the Norwich Missionary Loan Exhibition
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12204
title: River Miao women, south west China, ca. 1949.

description: "River Miao girls."  Women belonging to the River Miao people.; One of a set of lantern slides entitled "Stone Gateway". Stone Gateway (Shimenkan) in Guizhou Province was the centre of Methodist missionary work to the Miao people of south west China. The work was begun by Samuel Pollard (1864-1915) ca.1904 when in response to increasing numbers of Miao enquirers he built the centre at Shimenkan.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m1378
title: View of audience and students at prize giving, India, ca. 1910.

description: "The ?Bhomaniposi Bengal girls' school prize distribution - A Bird's eye view of it." Students seated under flags in front of audience.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m126
title: View of Ambohimanga du Sud, Fianarantsoa, Madagascar ca. 1865-1885

description: "Ambòhimànga, N. side". View of village houses and hills.; 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.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m131
title: View of Ambohimanga du Sud, Fianarantsoa, Madagascar ca. 1865-1885

description: "Ambòhimànga, from the N.N.W" Distant view.; 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.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m1692
title: Streetscene with damage caused by rioting, Wuhan, China, ca. 1925

description: "Part of boundary wall and railing of British Concession, Hankow, torn down by the rioters June 11th 1925." Streetscene showing damage.; One of a set of eight loose prints of the Chinese Revolution 1911 to 1924 or various anti Japanese, anti-British or anti-communist disturbances or demonstrations between 1924 and 1927.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m1272
title: Missionary party halted by roadside, India, ca.1880-1890

description: "On the Bellary Road from Cuddapah nr. ?Yerragumila.". Missionary seated at table near horses and carrage on road. Indian men stand around him.; Number 21 of a set of 88 mounted albumen prints, originally numbered 1 to 123. Ralph Wardlaw Thompson was Foreign Secretary of the London Missionary Society from 1881 to 1914, then Secretary Emeritus until his death in 1916. He led the Deputation which took place between  September 1882 and April 1883, during which time, a number of these prints may have been taken or acquired. The subject matter of some of these prints suggest they were taken by Dr. Thompson or one of his missionary colleagues, although others are clearly commercial prints purchased at the time by photographers such as Samuel Bourne. Many of these prints were loaned to the Norwich Missionary Loan Exhibition
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m140
title: View of unknown village, Madagascar, ca. 1865-1885

description: "Where is this?"; 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.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m1261
title: Group portrait of teachers, Jammalamadugu Girls' School, Andhra Pradesh, India, ca. 1908-1912

description: "Jammalamadugu Girls' Boarding School. Miss Simmons and her teachers." Group of teachers seated outdoors. Agnes Simmons worked in the area of education and Bible Women's training from 1893 to 1924.; Harman worked briefly at Jammalamadugu in the Telegu District of India between 1908 and 1913  when he contracted  typhoid. He died in service at Kamalapuram, aged 31.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m1407
title: Medical missionary working on ward, possibly at the Ralph Wardlaw Thompson Hospital, Chikballapur, Karnataka, India, ca. 1912-1920

description: "At work in the men's ward". Missionary T.V. Campbell attending to patient on hospital ward. Campbell was central to the establishment of a successful medial missionary presence in the Telegu and Mysore areas during his service there from 1891 to 1921. He contributed greatly to the battle against tuberculosis and served at Jammalamadugu hospital in the Telegu district [now Andhra Pradesh] until 1912, when he moved to the Wardlaw Thompson hospital at Chikkaballapur [now Chikballapur]. He was a leader of the South India United Church and was awarded the Kaisar-i Hind medal for Public Service in 1908.; One of a number of prints captioned and pasted onto numbered boards, used by the London Missionary Society for reference and publications.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m1263
title: Village preaching, Jammalamadugu, Andhra Pradesh, India, ca. 1908-1912

description: "Jammalamadugu. Village Preaching by our Medical Evangelists." Group gathered in village clearing listening to speaker.; Harman worked briefly at Jammalamadugu in the Telegu District of India between 1908 and 1913  when he contracted  typhoid. He died in service at Kamalapuram, aged 31.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m1412
title: Missionary instructing village men and boys using Bible picture, India, ca. 1910

description: "In a village near Pindra. ?Mchion next to me holding the picture and the other end Bhanos, who ran away." Missionary instructing crowd of village men and boys using a religious picture.; One of a number of prints captioned and pasted onto numbered boards, used by the London Missionary Society for reference and publications.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m134
title: View of Ambohimanga du Sud, Fianarantsoa, Madagascar ca.1865-1885

description: "Ambòhimànga, from the East"  View showing houses, church and hills.; 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.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m141
title: Unknown indigenous man standing on forest pathway, Madagascar, ca. 1865-1885

description: "Who am I?"; 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.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m1511
title: Portrait of a fakir on streets, Calcutta, India, ca. 1900-1910

description: "Calcutta. A Fakir." Portrait of a naked ascetic seated on ground.; One of a number of prints captioned and pasted onto numbered boards, used by the London Missionary Society for reference and publications.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m1892
title: View of prison, Montego Bay, Jamaica, ca. 1930

description: "Jamaica. 'The Cage' at Montego Bay in which our missionaries were confined."; Walker was editor of the Methodist Missionary Society's journals, The Foreign Field, 1914-1932, and it's successor The Kingdom Overseas 1933-1945. He published 18 books and numerous pamphlets, including biographies of Thomas Birch Freeman and William Carey. He travelled to the mission fields extensively, visiting the West Indies in 1930. The earliest Wesleyan mission began in the West Indies when, in 1786, Thomas Coke, destined for Nova Scotia, was driven off course by a storm and landed at Antigua in the British West Indies. There he dieveloped a successful mission of both slaves and landowners. Within a few years almost every colony in the West Indies had been reached.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m1258
title: Group portrait of nurses, Jammalamadugu Hospital, Andhra Pradesh, India, ca. 1908-1912

description: "Jammalamadugu Hospital. Miss Fear and her nurses." Group portrait of missionary with Indian nurses. Florence Feare served the LMS as a nurse from 1903 to 1938.; Harman worked briefly at Jammalamadugu in the Telegu District of India between 1908 and 1913  when he contracted  typhoid. He died in service at Kamalapuram, aged 31.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m129
title: View of Ambohimanga du Sud, Fianarantsoa, Madagascar, ca.1865-1885

description: "Ambòhimànga, North side". View of village houses and hills. Indigenous group 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.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m1260
title: Students and teachers, Jammalamadugu Girls' School, Andhra Pradesh, India, ca. 1908-1912

description: "Jammalamadugu Girls' Boarding School. C.E. Finger Nailbor? at work". Women inspecting group of girls' nails outdoors.; Harman worked briefly at Jammalamadugu in the Telegu District of India between 1908 and 1913  when he contracted  typhoid. He died in service at Kamalapuram, aged 31.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m1370
title: Men buying Indian art wares, Mumbai, India, ca.1890.

description: "Shop in Bombay, for sale of Indian art wares." Three Western men looking at brassware and embroidery on verandah of shop, with Indian shop keepers.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m136
title: John Parrett and family outside L.M.S. College, Faravohitra, Madagascar ca.1865-1885

description: John Parrett standing with his wife and two children on verandah of L.M.S. College. Group of Malagasy women stand to the right.; 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.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m157
title: Portrait of shackled convict, Madagascar, ca. 1865-1885

description: "A Convict (gàdrlàva)" Portrait of male convict with shackles around ankles and neck. Full-length portrait against plain backdrop.; 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.