The first presidents of the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints – Antique Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This antique lithograph of The first presidents of the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints brings a moment of history to your wall. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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The first presidents of the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints
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Unlike the many Currier & Ives prints of Mormon subjects, this lithograph focuses on the church's first presidents, the men who led the Latter Day Saints from its early years. The record credits a John Lind as agent in Utah, which points to the print being distributed in the territory during the late 1870s. By then the church's leadership, its practice of plural marriage, and the federal campaign against polygamy were all matters of national debate, and eastern publishers such as Currier & Ives sold many images aimed at that audience. The print is useful for seeing how the church's founders were presented to the public at the time.
| Created / published | New York : Published by Currier & Ives, c1879. |
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| Medium | 1 print : lithograph. |
| Genre | Lithographs 1870-1880. |
| Notes | John Lind, Agent, Utah. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 2155 |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,188 × 1,686 px · prints to 4 × 6 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-174441 |
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