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Painted scene inside an opulent Nauvoo parlor lit by a chandelier and oil lamps. In the center, Joseph Smith stands in a dark blue Nauvoo Legion uniform with gold epaulettes, raising a wine glass and smiling. A laughing woman in a floral dress holds up a fan beside him. Other young women in fine period dress and an older butler in a black coat provide them with hors d'oeuvres and wine. Through the large window behind Smith, an orange fire glows in the street where silhouetted men swing tools to smash a printing press.

Joseph Smith Celebrates Polygamy, Power, and Excess as His Mob Destroys the Nauvoo Expositor Press