The Hope of the World - Jesus and ChildrenThe Hope of the World - Jesus and the Children of many nations. Postcard produced by the London Missionary Society. Date: circa 1910s
Ramon Llull (1235-1316). Breviculum Codex. Miniature. BadenRamon Llull (1235-1316). Breviculum Codex. Miniature. Llull preaching. Parchment 92. Page 5r. Baden Memorial Library. Karlsruhe. Germany
Eric Liddell (1902 - 1945), Scottish athlete, rugby union international and missionary, Olympic gold medal winner in the 400m at the 1924 Paris Olympic Games
St Boniface / Sacred OakSAINT BONIFACE (Wynfryth, of Crediton) Bishop of Mainz, missionary and martyr in Germany, destroying the sacred oak of an ancient German god
Saint Columba with his horseSaint Columba (also known as Colum Cille, meaning dove of the church) with his horse. He was a Gaelic Irish missionary monk, thought to have introduced Christianity to the Picts
Victorian mother and three children (Polhill-Turner family)A Victorian mother and three children. They are Mrs Polhill-Turner (nee Emily Frances Barron, d 1913)), wife of Frederick Charles Polhill-Turner (1826-1881), with Alice (Alice Kate Frances)
Missionary Society SealSeal of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts ; the banner above the ship is a plea for a safe passage
Schweitzer / Postcard 1956ALBERT SCHWEITZER French theologian, philosopher, missionary physician and music scholar with his antelopes at Lambarene, Africa Date: 1875 - 1965
Schweitzer / PostcardALBERT SCHWEITZER French theologian, philosopher, missionary physician and music scholar
Swedish Church Mission, Mnene, Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). Group of people assembled after a baptism ceremony. Date: circa 1910
Saint Francis Xavier (1506-1552) in Goa (India)Saint Francis Xavier (1506-1552), Spanish missionary, through the streets of the Portuguese colony of Goa (India) in 1542. French engraving, 1850. Colored
Saint Antoninus of Pamiers. Christian missionary and martyrSaint Antoninus of Pamiers. Early Christian missionary and martyr. Patron saint of the cities of Pamiers (France), Palencia and Medina del Campo (Spain). Portrait. Illustration by Llanta
Rev. R. H. Walker, and Mika SematimbaThe Rev. R.H. Walker, missionary at Uganda, and Mika Sematimba. Rev. Walker is interviewed, stating his desire that Uganda is retained by the English. Date: 1892
The Autograph Album, by William Heath RobinsonA Souperscription. Illustration showing a missionary signing a little boys book whilst being boiled alive. Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the Estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger
Junction PictureA medieval missionary finds a place where the Earth touches the Heavens. (Note that this is not a medieval illustration but a very clever 19th century pastiche !)
Francis Xavier (1506-1552). Basque Roman Catholic missionary into Asia. Jesuit. Staute. Pamplena Cathedral. Navarre. Spain
William Rowland PeckWILLIAM ROWLAND PECK English missionary in Sierra Leone Date: circa 1840
Papua New Guinea - Elevara Mission and L. M.s MissionPapua New Guinea - Elevara Village and the L.M.S. Mission. The London Missionary Society was a non-denominational missionary society formed in England in 1795 by evangelical Anglicans
Charles LivingstoneREV. CHARLES LIVINGSTONE (1821 - 1873) Co-wrote The Zambesi and its tributaries with his explorer brother David. Travelled extensively in Africa where he died in 1873
Monk with Skull, EtcFather Leonard Parisinus, a missionary monk, with a selection of significant items - a skull, a crucifix, a missal and an empty candlestick
Akbar the Great receives a deputation of JesuitsAkbar the Great (1542-1605), third Mughal Emperor of India, receives a deputation of Jesuits
St Boniface / Boat TripSAINT BONIFACE (Wynfryth, of Crediton) departing from England to undertake missionary work in Germany, on behalf of Pope Gregory II
Xavier, Saint Francis (1506-1552). Jesuit missionary, co-founder of the order and patron saint of the missions. Work by ZURBARAN, Francisco de (1598-1664). Baroque art. Painting. SPAIN. Madrid
JUNIPERO SERRA 1713-1784JUNIPERO SERRA Franciscan missionary in California - founded the San Carlos Borromeo Mission at Carmel
Livingstone / AnnanDAVID LIVINGSTONE Missionary and explorer
Thomas the Apostle 2THOMAS DIDYMUS is famous for doubting the resurrection of Jesus; later he went as a missionary to Parthia and India, where he was pierced with lances near Madras
Henry MartynHENRY MARTYN English missionary and orientalist; translated the New Testament into Hindustani and Psalms into Persian
ANCHIETA (1533 - 1597)JOSE DE ANCHIETA Portuguese Jesuit missionary in America
Deaf and Dumb School, Palayamkottai, IndiaC. E. Z. (Church of England Zenana Missionary Society) Deaf and Dumb School, Palamcottah (now Palayamkottai in the Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu), India. Deaf and Dumb children learning to talk
Africa Vincent Mission Station Zambesi River pre-1900
Africa Bandawe Mission Station pre-1900
Africa Blantyre School pre-1900
Group of people in Natal, Africa with a sewing machine, early 1900s
Missionary Hospital staff
Staff in a Missionary Hospital, Victorian period
Henry Morton Stanley Victorian period
Christian Mission children, China, early 1900s
Christian Mission children doing embroidery, China, early 1900s
Christian Mission children exercise, China, early 1900s
Christian mission school children, China, early 1900s
Tailors at the Lester Hospital, Shanghai, China, Victorian period
Treehouse, Papua New Guinea, Victorian period
Preaching Christianity in Papua New Guinea, Victorian period
Tribal headdress, Papua New Guinea, Victorian period
Women dress making in Papua New Guinea, Victorian period
Nurse weighing a baby, Christian Missionary, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, Victorian period
A Mission Hospital, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, Victorian period
Patients at a Mission Hospital, Port Moresby, PNGPatients at a Mission Hospital, Port Moresby, Papua new Guinea, Victorian period