Hidden Things: What did Joseph Smith Actually Look Like?

The following is the sixth in a series of articles giving greater detail from the stories behind the hidden things in our recently released Treasures of the Restoration jigsaw puzzle. If you haven’t gotten yours yet, BUY IT HERE. If you have, bookmark or print this page so you can hang on to the story to share with your family as you come upon the portrait of Joseph Smith when you do the puzzle. Read the fifth article in the series HERE.   Perhaps the easiest hidden thing to spot at a glance as you look at the box of our Treasures of the Restoration jigsaw puzzle is the portrait of the prophet Joseph Smith. But as I put the puzzle together myself, I found it to be, by far, the hardest image in the puzzle to piece together. Finding his visage among the pieces is much more difficult than spotting it in the picture. So, how accurate is this picture of Joseph Smith? What do we know about what he really looked like? Add this puzzle to your family’s collection now. The 1845 portrait of Brother Joseph that is included in the puzzle was actually painted a year after he died. Upon … Continue reading Hidden Things: What did Joseph Smith Actually Look Like?