Plausible Photograph of
Joseph Smith
In 2017, I analyzed some of the alleged photographs of Joseph Smith Junior, one of which was overlooked a decade ago, and began to analyze one in particular that no got as excited about. Honestly I thought he looked like another younger looking alleged photograph of Joseph Smith, but when I began analyzing what I now call "1840s Illinois Man" I saw many unique characteristics that matched the Death Mask of Joseph Smith, made a few youtube videos of superimposing of the death mask. I used an App called Procreate to outline this man's facial features and superimposed them onto the death mask of Joseph Smith and was floored by how well things matched and eventually did find the image and bought it.
Facial analysis research page here: www.plausiblephotographofjosephsmithjunior.com/facial-analysis.html
I had a serious drive to research this old CDV image, Fall 2017, I was able to actually BUY it and it's real people. I began the steps of authentication, which included researching the photographer, and his clothing. The photographer J.S. Bibbins worked in Newark, Illinois (as his photography always stamped that location), however he died in Plano, Illinois, which is where Joseph Smith III first ran the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and his mother, Emma Smith- knew Bibbin's father as a little girl, he was her methodist preacher:
www.plausiblephotographofjosephsmithjunior.com/provenance.html
The scariest step for me, but ultimately the coolest to research was the clothing, as this could prove what era he was living in; his clothing was consistent with 1840s, using Abraham Lincoln for comparisons, an Illinois politician whose image was taken many times from the 1840s, 50s and 60s. Clothing research here: www.plausiblephotographofjosephsmithjunior.com/josephs-vest-1840s-clothing.html
Currently I am working with others to authenticate this image, which may take a long time to do, but after three years since I found this gem I am grateful and have loved the journey this has taken me on and filled with gratitude for what I have found.
I think that it is a reprint from a negative- onto a CDV, just as Emma Smith's 1845 image was reprinted onto a CDV as well and think that it is highly likely that Lucien Foster did both paper photography and daguerreotypes, as BOTH processes were popular in different areas of the world.
Henry Fox Tablot's Calotype process (patented a few years before Joseph's death) could reprint images. Talbot lived in England, so the massive influx of English settlers of Nauvoo very well would have been aware of this "cheaper" process (than daguerreotypes); webpage about this here: www.plausiblephotographofjosephsmithjunior.com/lucien-foster-nauvoo-photograpy.html
I have many pages of research that you can see at the top of the page, and if you're on a cell phone- click the three lines to see them as well! Enjoy!
Facial analysis research page here: www.plausiblephotographofjosephsmithjunior.com/facial-analysis.html
I had a serious drive to research this old CDV image, Fall 2017, I was able to actually BUY it and it's real people. I began the steps of authentication, which included researching the photographer, and his clothing. The photographer J.S. Bibbins worked in Newark, Illinois (as his photography always stamped that location), however he died in Plano, Illinois, which is where Joseph Smith III first ran the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and his mother, Emma Smith- knew Bibbin's father as a little girl, he was her methodist preacher:
www.plausiblephotographofjosephsmithjunior.com/provenance.html
The scariest step for me, but ultimately the coolest to research was the clothing, as this could prove what era he was living in; his clothing was consistent with 1840s, using Abraham Lincoln for comparisons, an Illinois politician whose image was taken many times from the 1840s, 50s and 60s. Clothing research here: www.plausiblephotographofjosephsmithjunior.com/josephs-vest-1840s-clothing.html
Currently I am working with others to authenticate this image, which may take a long time to do, but after three years since I found this gem I am grateful and have loved the journey this has taken me on and filled with gratitude for what I have found.
I think that it is a reprint from a negative- onto a CDV, just as Emma Smith's 1845 image was reprinted onto a CDV as well and think that it is highly likely that Lucien Foster did both paper photography and daguerreotypes, as BOTH processes were popular in different areas of the world.
Henry Fox Tablot's Calotype process (patented a few years before Joseph's death) could reprint images. Talbot lived in England, so the massive influx of English settlers of Nauvoo very well would have been aware of this "cheaper" process (than daguerreotypes); webpage about this here: www.plausiblephotographofjosephsmithjunior.com/lucien-foster-nauvoo-photograpy.html
I have many pages of research that you can see at the top of the page, and if you're on a cell phone- click the three lines to see them as well! Enjoy!
Below are some images showing clothing Joseph Smith wore, in his lifetime (1805-1844). First image is a drawing by Sutcliff Maudlsey, who many times drew Joseph Smith from life, showing him wearing a large jacket with a simple notched lapel, with a darker upper, as seen on Ilinois Man. Next to the drawing is a photograph found in an ENSIGN magazine, of a vest known to have been worn by Joseoh Smith, which greatly matches the vest shown in my image, both striated horizontally, with a darker and lighter color, and even some unique nuances show up in the same location as this clearly hand sown vest shows. Next to the vest is a collar he wore, which according to my research could have been worn popped up or DOWN (images of Abraham Lincoln, an Illinois politician just like Joseph Smith, has a Daguerreotype of himself wearing a popped down collar with a silk like scarf wrapped around, just like this man, later decades Lincoln wore stiff ties and lower collars. Clearly this is 1840s attire).
Copy of a Drawing "The Two Martyrs", depicted by Sutcliff Maudsley, who drew Joseph Smith numerous times, in person, before his death. Notice how his lapel has a darker upper, and matches that of this man from a Smith Family Album.
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Vest worn by Joseph Smith, shown in a Buddy Youngreen 1984 Ensign Magazine article. See the page Joseph Vest...
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In This video I delve into the truly fascinating story of the photographic artist, J.S. Bibbins, where he lived, worked and died, and totally mind blowing link between his Father and Emma Hale Smith: https://www.plausiblephotographofjosephsmithjunior.com/provenance.html
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