Mission Chapel, House and School
2011/12929
1850-1900 / Engraving / Paper / Print / World Parish
Engraving on paper
late 1800s
The engraving depicts an early Methodist chapel, mission house and school building in Mbua, Tonga. Methodism reached Tonga in 1822. The kingdom was never conquered by a western power, however in the 1800s its people enthusiastically adopted Christianity, especially Wesleyan Methodism.
late 1800s
The engraving depicts an early Methodist chapel, mission house and school building in Mbua, Tonga. Methodism reached Tonga in 1822. The kingdom was never conquered by a western power, however in the 1800s its people enthusiastically adopted Christianity, especially Wesleyan Methodism.
