Li Shigong (left), Chen Laoyi (center) and pioneering Protestant missionary Robert Morrison (right) translating the Bible into Chinese. This engraving by Jenkins was published in 1839 and is based on George Chinnery's now-lost c1828 original painting, which was burned in a fire in 1874.

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Location: China
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