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Great picture of Joseph Smith

April 30, 2006 · 8 Comments

One of the best pictures I’ve seen of Joseph Smith.

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  • mark // August 2, 2006 at 3:44 pm

    Looks like very heavely inspired by the Carter image or the Community of Christ oil painting. Which is really the same. Does not have the left droop eye that is in the death mask and the skull photos. I have superimposed the skull and death mask on this and there are some variances but getting closer.

  • Ronald Cook // December 6, 2006 at 10:03 pm

    I have seen a copy of the original degrotype from the Reorganized church. Josephs face had a cleft chin, a little more rounded face around the jaw and some large bumps above the eyebrows.

  • Emily A. Dick // December 26, 2006 at 3:59 pm

    There will soon be a publication of the only picture found of Joseph Smith Jr. The experts are working right now with the Church to release it soon, since their conclusion is that the photograph is authentic.

  • Amanda Baker // February 21, 2007 at 4:13 pm

    This isn’t the only picture of Joseph Smith. Sure it may be authentic, but its not the only one that is out there today. I have seen thousands of pictures of Joseph Smith.

  • Amanda Baker // February 21, 2007 at 4:16 pm

    That comment i just left is in accordance to the one left above it. There are many pictures of our beloved prophet. Its not the only one

  • John Roberts // March 29, 2007 at 7:59 pm

    Doesn’t look like a photo to me. But there’s a great one floating around that the RLDS had. I’ve seen it, but don’t know where it is. I was searching for it when I found this.

  • Rick // May 13, 2007 at 8:45 am

    George Fowers is the only man I know that has a real photo of Joseph Smith. I haven’t seen that photo anywhere else so far. I went to his home and purchased the 8×10 copy for $ 5. If you want to see how Joseph Smith really looked like, look up the directory and find George Fowers in Pleasant Grove, Utah. Contact him, make an appointment and grab your Joseph Smith original photo!

  • John // October 2, 2007 at 11:32 am

    I have looked at the picture of Joseph Smith currently in the possession of George Fowers in Pleasant Grove. The picture has been confirmed to be taken from a daguerreotype plate. There are two individuals in the photo. The individual on the left looks like and has been confirmed to be Brigham Young at a younger age than we are accustomed to seeing. The individual with Brigham on his right side is the one believed to be the prophet Joseph. This individual matches the many descriptions we read from journals with the broad square shoulders. Joseph looks to be 1.5 times broader in the shoulders than Brigham. His hair and face look like someone who had suffered from being poisoned, tarred and feathered, and the many other tribulations we know Joseph endured. The measurements on the death mask match as well. I believe this is a picture of the prophet Joseph. But in reality, it doesn’t matter if we have a picture of Joseph or not what matters is how we live.

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