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74 | Philippe Bornet www.jrfm.eu 2021, 7/2, 55–86 stereotyped characters – such as the figure of the missionary – were ready for insertion.37 A more extreme example of this “civilising mission” is provided by imag- es suggesting the natives’ lack of morality, and hence commenting on the pressing need for moral improvement through Christian mission. A good 37 Jenkins 1993, 93: “The image had to be transcribed onto a block of some kind (the presumption is that in most cases wood was used), which means that a craftsman intervened between the direct mechanical registration of an image in a photograph and its publication, and that changes therefore could be made in the image for a variety of editorial reasons.” Fig. 15: Basel Mission Archives, Basel, ref. QC-30.001.0172, http://digitallibrary.usc. edu/cdm/ref/collection/ p15799coll123/id/21708 [accessed 15 Janu ary 2021]. (© mission 21) Fig. 16: Panel 57, “Tamil lands”, “Dying Hindu”, Bilder-Tafeln, Calwer Ver lags verein.