Subject: Fw: actual photo of Joseph Smith
Wow! Have you guys seen this "new" discovery of the ONLY photo ever taken of the Prophet Joseph Smith.
The Reorganized Church only recently uncovered it in their archives and asked our church to help authenticate it.
The church has stated that it is "Almost certainly authentic". All existing "photos" of the prophet are artist conceptions, most of which were taken from models made from the death mask after Joseph had died.
This photo is reportedly taken of him at the time of his incarceration in the Liberty Jail. The article in Meridian says the church has actually had the photo for a couple of years working on its authentication.....
I am in awe ! I have so much love, respect and admiration for the Prophet Joseph. He gave his life for the restoration of the truth . It is incredible to see this photo ! His eyes are piercing! He looks so calm and at peace. I love this man!
11 comments:
wow, that is soooo cool! I guess I never realized we didn't have ANY photos of the Prophet Joseph Smith, so it certainly makes this authentic photo a treat indeed!!
Yes, that is wonderful! I love to see old photos that have never been seen before.
who sent you this? I can't find anything about it on the church website or anything.
Here is some great information I found (as apposed to some very concusing info out there)
http://www.ldsrestorations.com/research.html
Here is a link to the picture before it was restored.
http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5972/1575/1600/840973/josephsmith.jpg
That is very cool! I've always wondered about actual pictures of the prophet. Thanks you for sharing this!
The site that Brigitte mentioned:ie
www.ldsrestorations.com/research.html is very interesting. Go to it and see what it says. I liked what the man said. Something to the effect of we may not know exactly what the prophet looked like but it will and should never diminish what he has done for the world in restoring the truth! (Yhat wasn't a quote but that is essentially what he said.
that's a great picture!!!
Where did you get your picture from?
Okay so that hit me like a rock that I have never seen a real photo of him. I am so use to the artist rendering of what he looked liked. But actually the artist depiction of our lesson manual is shockingly accurate.
Just WOW. I sure hope they can verify it somehow, but I'll take it on faith for sure - what an amazing photo. And like Michelle said, the lesson manual illustration really is spot-on, from what that photo looks like.
He just looks so much more *real* in that photo... facial structure, relative features, etc. - and SOOOO young.
Wow.
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