"ONE LAST LOOK"
Joseph Smith and Hiram Smith Leave Nauvoo for Carthage Jail
Early Morning of 25 June 1844
by Artist Frank M. Thomas
Original Art Canvas, 20 sq. ft. (48" x 60")
Historical Background:
On the fateful morning of 25 June 1844 the Prophet Joseph Smith and his brother Hyrum left Nauvoo, bound for Carthage, Illinois. They were going to turn themselves in to Governor Thomas Ford and the Hancock County Authorities, to face a charge of treason for having declared martial law in Nauvoo, to protect his city.
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As they were leaving their fair city, by the Mississippi River, Joseph, looking about, declared that he was going "like a lamb to the slaughter." On 27 June, Joseph and Hyrum were martyred at the hands of a rogue militia and lawless mob while incarcerated in the Carthage Jail.
"Like most of the Lord's anointed in ancient times, [Joseph] has sealed his mission and his works with his own blood; and so has his brother Hyrum"..."They lived for glory; they died for glory; and glory is their eternal reward. From age to age shall their names go down to posterity as gems for the sanctified" (Doctrine & Covenants 135:3,6).
NOTE: Models used were Frank's friends...the Fillmore Utah Stake President and members of the Holden Ward Bishopric, Fillmore Utah Stake...cattlemen all...who daily ride their saddle horses, working their cows.
Canvas Art Print Offerings:
14" x 18" (signed by artist/rolled - ready to stretch)..........................$99.00
tube shipped.......................+$11.50
14" x 18" (signed by artist/stretched - ready to frame)......................$123.00
flat package shipped.............+$15.50
20" x 24" (signed by artist/rolled - ready to stretch)..........................$214.50
tube shipped........................+$12.25
20" x 24" (signed by artist/stretched - ready to frame)......................$238.50
flat package shipped.............+$17.50
24" x 30" (signed by artist/rolled only - ready to stretch)...................$264.00
tube shipped.........................+$13.50
32" x 40" (signed by artist/rolled only - ready to stretch)...................$429.00
tube shipped.........................+$14.75
40" x 50" (signed by artist/rolled only - ready to stretch....................$685.25
tube shipped.........................+$16.50
(NOTE: The rolled print may be stretched in most frame shops before framing. The 14"x 18", the
20" x 24" and the 32" x 40" sized prints may use standard sized frames after they are stretched.)
*Please note*: Artist Frank Thomas' studio lithographic art print and giclee' canvas art print sales have now been resumed as of November 1st, 2008. He and his wife, Patreecia, have completed an eighteen month mission in the Ohio-Cleveland Mission, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, at the Kirtland Historic Village Sites, Kirtland, Ohio. He was asked by LDS Church General Authorities to paint early Church history scenes of 1830's Kirtland.
He has now returned home to his art studio at 206 North 100 East, Holden, Utah 84636 and is producing LDS historical paintings and Old West paintings at that site. His art prints may be purchased online by credit card or by personal check.
Call Frank at his Studio" (435) 795-2206 or (435) 406-9526, or contact directly by email wildgoose@crystalpeaks.com.