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This is claimed to be a 1843 photograph of Joseph Smith, Jr. by Lucian Foster, but it may instead have been a photograph of this painting: owned by Joseph Smith III, which he said was the best likeness of his father.

The image was taken from http://comevisit.com/lds/faq-dld.htm, which advocates the photo's authenticity and claims there are "scholarly sources" as to its authenticity, but does not cite what those "sources" are.

The image was copyrighted in 1879 by Smith's son Joseph Smith III (Copyright No. 9810). The original daguerreotype has been lost, but as a result of the application for copyright, this photo reproduction (slightly re-touched) is kept on file at the Library of Congress.

The copyright on the photograph has expired.

This image is in the public domain in the United States. In most cases, this means that it was first published in the United States prior to January 1, 1923 (see the talk page for more cases). Other jurisdictions may have other rules, and this image might not be in the public domain outside the United States. See Wikipedia:Public domain and Wikipedia:Copyrights for more details.

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(del) (cur) 03:17, 29 January 2007 . . Pfahlstrom (Talk | contribs) . . 454×617 (45,396 bytes) (Losslessly cropped using jpegtran)
(del) (rev) 03:15, 29 January 2007 . . Pfahlstrom (Talk | contribs) . . 454×617 (45,396 bytes) (1843 photograph of Joseph Smith, Jr. by Lucian Foster This photograph is believed by some experts to be a daguerreotype of Joseph Smith, Jr. taken in 1843 by Lucian Foster. It is similar in appearance to the painted portrait owned by the Joseph )
(del) (rev) 18:14, 23 December 2005 . . Ponder (Talk | contribs) . . 454×681 (50,664 bytes) (reverted to last version by Grenavitar)
(del) (rev) 18:13, 23 December 2005 . . JoeyDay (Talk | contribs) . . 454×681 (50,664 bytes) (Reverted to earlier revision)
(del) (rev) 18:11, 23 December 2005 . . John Cole (Talk | contribs) . . 460×599 (59,466 bytes)
(del) (rev) 18:07, 23 December 2005 . . Grenavitar (Talk | contribs) . . 454×681 (50,664 bytes) (Reverted to earlier revision)
(del) (rev) 17:58, 23 December 2005 . . John Cole (Talk | contribs) . . 460×599 (59,466 bytes)
(del) (rev) 19:02, 4 April 2004 . . COGDEN (Talk | contribs) . . 454×681 (50,664 bytes) (Larger image with better quality)