Print reproduces a pair of full-length portraits of Hyrum and Joseph Smith drawn by Maudsley from originals painted by David Rogers; an image of the Temple at Nauvoo, in reduced scale, is shown between the figures of the two men; the men are dressed formally, hold walking sticks in their right hands, and face right in profile
Alternative Title:
Temple of Nauvoo
Description:
Title from caption below image., Text below center of image: Temple of Nauvoo., and Another state of this image, colored and with slightly different letters, includes the imprint, London: Moses Martin, 1847.
Publisher:
Moses Martin?
Subject (Name):
Smith, Hyrum, 1800-1844, Smith, Joseph, Jr., 1805-1844, and Nauvoo Temple (Nauvoo, Ill. : 1841-1850)
At head of title: Quincy herald-extra. Quincy, Friday morning, 5 o'clock., In two columns., and Includes a statement by Governor Ford to the people of Illinois.
Subject (Name):
Illinois. Governor (1842-1846 : Ford) To the people of the state of Illinois, Smith, Hyrum, 1800-1844, and Smith, Joseph, 1805-1844
The letters from friends in Nauvoo to Leonard Pickel describe the journey from Pennsylvania to Nauvoo, economic conditions, the community's growth, the arrest and death of Joseph Smith, and the departure of Sidney Rigdon. There are also letters from Elisha Davis, a Mormon missionary.
Description:
Gift of William Robertson Coe. and Leonard Pickel, a cooper of Bart Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, became a Mormon and considered moving to Nauvoo.
Photographs of the homes and haunts of prominent Mormons in Illinois, Missouri and Utah, and of Salt Lake City and Saltair views, In Nauvoo, Illinois, views of the homes of Joseph Smith, Brigham Young, Lorenzo Snow and John Taylor and the grave of Joseph Smith, and of the jail in Carthage where Joseph and Hyram Smith were held, and the room in which they were killed. In Missouri, views of the jail at Liberty and of Lyman Wight's home at Adam-on-di-Aliman [?], near Gallatin, Missouri, and In Utah, views of the Tabernacle, Beehive houses, Eagle Gate, Temple Block, Assembly house, Court house, the grave of Brigham Young, and various street scenes in Salt Lake City. One photograph shows an advertisement for a baseball game between Salt Lake and Spokane. There are also views of the pavilion at Saltair Beach featuring bathers at Black Rock floating in the salt water, and of produce farming (beans, potatoes, onions) showing irrigated fields and water pipes
Description:
Individual prints are 9.6 x 12.8 cm. or smaller and are attached to both sides of large ledger pages. They are accompanied by manuscript captions and numbers. and The pages appear to constitute a proof book of photographs. See also WA Photos Folio 17 and WA Photos 1175.
Subject (Geographic):
Utah, Salt Lake City (Utah), Nauvoo (Ill.), and Carthage (Ill.)
Print shows Joseph and Hyrum in paired full-length portraits, facing each other, wearing formal clothes, dark cut-away morning coats, light trousers, heeled boots, high shirt collars; light cravats; each holds a walking stick; Joseph has two hands on his cane and his coat is buttoned up; Hyrum has one hand on his hip, his coat open to reveal his vest
Description:
BEIN WA Prints +149: Imperfect: Imprint and date bled., Title from caption below image., Reproduction based on a painting by David Rogers made in 1842 later copied in a drawing by Sutcliffe Maudsley., and Printed area measures 38.4 x 23.7 cm.
