No confirmed photograph of Joseph Smith exists, but an unnamed donor has given a locket containing a daguerreotype purported to contain an image of him to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
“As we have acknowledged since the discovery of the locket in 2020, we cannot draw a conclusion about who is pictured in the daguerreotype,” the church stated in a news release about the donation.
The church released the statement in response to media questions…