Nauvoo resident Philo Dibble had commissioned a panorama painting of the murders of JS and Hyrum Smith that was then on display, along with other paintings, at the Masonic hall. The 128-square-foot painting was primarily done by Robert Campbell and William W. Major, with assistance from others. The night before this council meeting, Hosea Stout visited the Masonic hall “to see an exibition of the scenery of the murder of Brs Joseph & Hyrum at Carthage also of Jesus raising Lazarus and other like Paintings it was an entertaining display of art.” The painting of the murder of the Smiths, which is no longer extant, was later displayed in Kanesville, Iowa, and in territorial Utah. (Stout, Journal, 7 Mar. and 10 Apr. 1845; Philo Dibble, “Brother Philo Dibble’s Sceneries, Museum, &c.,” LDS Millennial Star, 1 Jan. 1849, 11:11–12; see also “Painting,” and “Fine Arts,” Nauvoo Neighbor, 16 Apr. 1845, [2]–[3]; and Carmack, “Philo Dibble’s Museum and Panorama,” 25–38.)

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Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star. Manchester, England, 1840–1842; Liverpool, 1842–1932; London, 1932–1970.

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Carmack, Noel A. “‘One of the Most Interesting Seeneries That Can Be Found in Zion’: Philo Dibble’s Museum and Panorama.” Nauvoo Journal 9, no. 2 (Fall 1997): 25–38.