Member of a religious group sent to do evangelism

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Henry Morton Stanley meeting David Livingstone at Ujiji, in Africa. Coloured wood engraving by H. Hall after H.M. Stanley, ca.1872.

David Livingstone (?) and his followers on a boat, attacked by hippopotamus. Lithograph.

David Livingstone arriving at Lake Ngami in 1849. Lithograph.

Cannibals armed with machetes prepare to ambush a missionary. Drawing by G.H., 18--.

Lake Ngami: Africans and European explorers on its bank. Wood engraving by J.W. Whymper after A. Rider.

David Livingtone's followers, Susi and Chuma, pictured with his former possessions. Photograph, ca. 1873.

David Livingstone, suffering from fever, carried above water on the shoulders of one of his men. Wood engraving after J.B. Zwecker.

Henry Morton Stanley and David Livingstone on Lake Tanganyika. Lithograph.

David Livingstone, seated on the ground, reading from the Bible to two African followers. Wood engraving and letterpress, 1874.

Saint Birinus converting the Saxons of Wessex to Christianity. Engraving by W. Walker, 1773, after S. Wale.

David Livingstone memorial in Blantyre; Livingstone reading the Bible to a group of African men. Photoprint.

Three pictures from a missionary enterprise on the Upper Zambesia: an African chief smoking; a missionary's wife quarters; Africans building a church. Wood-engravings.

David Livingstone. Photograph.

David Livingstone, holding a gun, attacked by a lion; Africans and a missionary in the foreground. Etching.

Into Africa : a transnational history of Catholic medical missions and social change / Barbra Mann Wall.

Paul tells the people of Greece about the last judgement; some mock and others believe. Engraving by C. Bloemaert, 1679, after C. Ferri.

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Missionaries

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Images referencing Missionaries

Works from the collections

David Livingstone. Photograph.

David Livingstone, holding a gun, attacked by a lion; Africans and a missionary in the foreground. Etching.

David Livingstone. Photograph.

Into Africa : a transnational history of Catholic medical missions and social change / Barbra Mann Wall.

Paul tells the people of Greece about the last judgement; some mock and others believe. Engraving by C. Bloemaert, 1679, after C. Ferri.

Missionaries

Images from the collections

Images referencing Missionaries

Works from the collections

David Livingstone. Photograph.

David Livingstone, holding a gun, attacked by a lion; Africans and a missionary in the foreground. Etching.

David Livingstone. Photograph.

Into Africa : a transnational history of Catholic medical missions and social change / Barbra Mann Wall.

Paul tells the people of Greece about the last judgement; some mock and others believe. Engraving by C. Bloemaert, 1679, after C. Ferri.

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