Recently, the Community of Christ or the RLDS church has come out with a picture that is supposed to be that of Joseph Smith Jr., the Prophet of the Mormon church. If this is a picture of the late prophet what a find it is! Although at this time we really don't know what Joseph Smith looked like exactly, we have some good estimations as there have been many paintings done of the prophet.
The most famous painting of the Prophet Joseph Smith in the Mormon church is the painting entitled "The Prophet Joseph Smith" that was painted by by Alvin Gittins. This painting is in the front of most of the copies of the Book of Mormon published in the last 30 years. When I visited a chapel of the Community of Christ they even had this particular painting of Joseph Smith displayed.
Other paintings include Joseph as a boy studying the scriptures, the first vision, receiving the priesthood, organizing the church and others. His stature, prominent nose, piercing eyes, and side hairs combed forward help make the paintings easily recognizable as being Joseph Smith. One painting done, that hangs in the Joseph Smith Memorial Building, was based on the a physical description recorded by a taylor who made a suit for the prophet.
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