38-1096: (Redirected from Joe Smith ) Joseph or Joe Smith may refer to: Arts and entertainment [ edit ] Joseph Smith (art collector) (1682–1770), British art collector and consul at Venice Joseph A. Smith (artist) (born 1936), American artist and professor at the Pratt Institute Joseph Lindon Smith (1863–1950), American painter Joe Smith (comedian) (1884–1981), American comedian Joseph C. Smith (1883–1965), American violinist, composer and band leader Joseph Smith (dancer) (1875–1932), American dancer Joe Smith (musician) (1902–1937), American jazz trumpeter Joe Smith (music industry executive) (1928–2019), American music industry executive Sonny Knight or Joseph C. Smith (1934–1998), American R&B singer and author Pepe Smith or Joseph William Feliciano Smith (1947–2019), Filipino musician Joseph Smith (pianist) (1948–2015), American pianist, author, and lecturer Joe Smith, American ,
76-588: A 1942 American spy film Military [ edit ] Joseph Smith (East India Company officer) (1732/3–1790), British East India Company Army Brigadier General Joseph Smith (admiral) (1790–1877), American admiral during the American Civil War Joseph B. Smith (1826–1861), U.S. Navy officer Joseph Sewall Smith (1836–1919), Union Army soldier and Medal of Honor recipient Politics [ edit ] Joseph Smith (Michigan politician) (1809–1880), American businessman and politician in
114-526: A facsimile of the rare edition of 1527 that only close examination tells them apart. A Catalogue Librorum Rarissimorum was in fact a partial catalogue of the outstanding rarities in Smith's own library; the first edition consisted of twenty-five copies. A second edition (1737) adds thirty-one titles. A general catalogue of his library was published in 1755. Smith's central role in the network of patronage of painters in eighteenth-century Venice, in which he created
152-602: A major draw on the British Grand Tour . His collection of drawings was bought for George III of Great Britain and forms a nucleus of the Royal Collection of drawings in the Print Room at Windsor Castle . Joseph Smith, a man of obscure origins, was educated at Westminster School before travelling to Venice. He took up residence there in 1700 in the import-export trade and merchant banking house of Thomas Williams,
190-503: A market in the taste for vedute , was as the prime facilitator of purchases made by the British aristocrats passing through on the Grand Tour . As the agent for Canaletto for several years (circa 1729–35), he virtually controlled the artist's output, to the benefit of both. It was Smith who arranged for Visentini to engrave thirty-eight of Canaletto's views in 1730, and Smith who encouraged
228-405: A more workaday level, there are numerous architectural drawings of sixteenth-century architecture at Venice and at Vicenza made in the studio of Antonio Visentini that are scaled in British feet and must have been intended for some British milordo . A generous selection of his manuscripts were purchased by Lord Sunderland for the library at Blenheim Palace , which was dispersed in turn during
266-515: A number of treasure digging excavations in the 1820s. Work on a frame house at the farm was halted by the unexpected death of Smith's eldest son, Alvin , in 1823. Smith subsequently failed to make payments on the farm. Lemuel Durfee purchased it as a favor to the family and allowed the Smiths to continue there as renters until 1830. Though a spiritual man, Smith showed little interest in organized religion prior to his son Joseph reporting his visions to
304-413: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Joseph Smith (art collector) Joseph Smith (c. 1682 – Venice , 6 November 1770), often known as Consul Smith , was the British consul at Venice from 1744 to 1760. He was a patron of artists, most notably Canaletto , a collector and connoisseur, banker to the British community at Venice, and
342-566: Is now known as Palazzo Smith Mangilli Valmarana . Smith's summer villa in the terraferma was at Mogliano Veneto ; it does not survive. Joseph Smith Sr. Joseph Smith Sr. (July 12, 1771 – September 14, 1840) was the father of Joseph Smith Jr. , the founder of the Latter Day Saint movement . Joseph Sr. was also one of the Eight Witnesses of the Book of Mormon , which Mormons believe
380-1631: The Baltimore Colts of the All-America Football Conference Other sports [ edit ] Joe Smith (athlete) (1917–1993), American marathon runner Joseph Smith (bobsleigh) (1925–1983), American bobsledder Joseph Smith (cricketer) (born 1946), Jamaican-born former English cricketer Joe Smith (basketball) (born 1975), American basketball player Joe Troy Smith (born 1977), American basketball player Joe Smith Jr. (born 1989), American boxer Joe Smith (rugby union) (born 1991), South African rugby union player and powerlifter Other people [ edit ] Joseph Smith (explorer) (died 1764), British fur trader and explorer Joseph Lee Smith (1776–1846), American lawyer, soldier, and jurist Joe Frazer Smith (1897–1957), American architect and author Joseph Smith (aircraft designer) (1897–1956), English aircraft designer who took over from R.J. Mitchell as Chief Designer for Supermarine Joseph A. Smith Jr. (fl. 1974–present), professor of urology, editor-in-chief of Journal of Urology Joseph Saumarez Smith (born 1971), British entrepreneur, journalist and gambling expert Joseph Colin Smith (1931–2016), British urologist Joseph Victor Smith (1928-2007), British crystallographer and mineralogist See also [ edit ] Joel Smith (disambiguation) Joseph Smit , Dutch zoological illustrator Smith (surname) Smith family (Latter Day Saints) Topics referred to by
418-790: The British Library known as the "King's Library". Smith did not stop collecting; the dispersal of his second collection of books by auction in London took thirteen days in January–February 1773. Many of Smith's paintings also went to the British Royal Collection, through the mediation of James Smart Mackenzie, brother of Lord Bute . The collection is celebrated for its dazzling series of Venetian views by Canaletto , together with other Italian views by Canaletto and works by Sebastiano Ricci , Francesco Zuccarelli and Pietro Longhi . On
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#1732844069440456-568: The Latter-day Saint movement , which guarantees salvation and confers godhood. Joseph Smith Jr. hosted the first recorded version of this ritual in January 1833. During the meeting, Smith Jr. washed the feet of all 12 men present, pausing to ask his father for a priesthood blessing before washing Smith Sr.'s feet. Joseph Smith Sr. "pronouncing upon his head that he should continue in his Priests office until Christ come." Joseph Smith Jr. taught
494-562: The Puritan migration . Some previous DNA testing on Smith’s descendants had revealed some Irish roots. Smith tried his hands at several occupations, including farmer, teacher, and shop-keeper, none of which proved very successful. He moved his family to Palmyra, New York , in 1816 and began to make payments on a farm located on the edge of neighboring Manchester Township . In the Palmyra–Manchester area, Smith and his sons were involved in
532-547: The 1740s he asked Canaletto (whose agent he had been for many years) to paint the principal buildings by Palladio in Venice. A production of the Pasquali press was a facsimile of Andrea Palladio's Quattro libri dell'Architettura , as it had been printed in Venice, 1570, but presented as an eighteenth-century bibliophile felt it ought to have been printed in the first place, on fine paper with generous margins and engravings substituted for
570-456: The British consul at that time. Smith eventually headed the partnership of Williams and Smith and made a modest fortune. Smith's reputation was as a passionate collector of paintings and drawings – both of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century masters and of living artists – and of manuscripts and books, coins and medals, and engraved gems . Beside Canaletto, among the living painters whom he patronised were Francesco Zuccarelli , of Florence, and
608-688: The Church of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1942 to 1946 Sports [ edit ] Association football [ edit ] Joe Smith (footballer, born 1886) (1886–?), English footballer for Hull City, Everton and Bury Joseph Smith (footballer, born 1888) (1888–1928), English footballer with Sheffield United and Derby County Joe Smith (football forward, born 1889) (1889–1971), England international footballer with Bolton Wanderers and manager of Blackpool Joe Smith (football halfback, born 1889) (1889–1916), English footballer with Birmingham and Chesterfield, killed in action during
646-582: The Eight Witnesses ", this statement was published with the first edition of the Book of Mormon and has been a part of nearly all subsequent editions. Smith was baptized when the Church of Christ was formally organized on April 6, 1830. When Joseph Jr. saw Joseph Sr. come up out of the water, he is reported to have cried, "Oh! My God I have lived to see my own father baptized into the true church of Jesus Christ!" In January 1831, Smith and his family moved to
684-1135: The First World War Joe Smith (footballer, born 1890) (1890–1956), England international footballer with West Bromwich Albion Joe Smith (footballer, born 1908) (1908–1993), English footballer with Watford Joe Smith (winger) , English professional footballer with Burnley Joe Smith (footballer, born 1953) , Scottish footballer with Aberdeen Baseball [ edit ] Joe Smith (1910s pitcher) , American baseball player Joe Smith (catcher) (1893–1974), American baseball catcher Joe Smith (2010s pitcher) (born 1984), American baseball player Gridiron football [ edit ] Joe Smith (American football coach) (1873–1923), American football player and coach Joseph Smith (American football) (fl. 1989–present), American college football player and coach, head football coach at Linfield College Joe Smith (running back) (born 1979), American professional gridiron football player Joe Bob Smith , (1934–2011) American-born Canadian football player Joe H. Smith Jr. (1922–1978), American end for
722-729: The Latter Day Saint movement Joseph Smith (1805–1844), an American religious leader and the founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, which gave rise to Mormonism Joseph Smith III (1832–1914), Prophet-President of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Joseph F. Smith (1838–1918), nephew of Joseph Smith; sixth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Joseph Fielding Smith (1876–1972), son of Joseph F. Smith and tenth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Joseph Fielding Smith (patriarch) (1899–1964), Patriarch to
760-462: The Michigan House of Representatives Joseph Crowther Smith (1818–1886), mayor of Wolverhampton, 1865–66 Joseph Showalter Smith (1824–1884), U.S. Representative from Oregon Joe L. Smith (1880–1962), American Democratic Party politician from West Virginia J. Joseph Smith (1904–1980), U.S. Representative from Connecticut Joseph Smith (Australian politician) (1904–1993), member of
798-615: The Missouri House of Representatives Religion [ edit ] Joseph Smith (academic) (1670–1756), English churchman and Provost of the Queen's College, Oxford Joseph Smith (Presbyterian minister, born 1796) (1796–?), Presbyterian minister, author, and academic Joseph Smith (Presbyterian minister, born 1736) (1736–1792), Presbyterian minister and founder of Washington & Jefferson College Joseph Smith Sr. (1771–1840), father of Joseph Smith, and first Presiding Patriarch in
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#1732844069440836-469: The Venetian Giuseppe Zais . Smith's favoured architect for rebuilding the façade of his palazzo was Antonio Visentini . It was Smith's pleasure to issue lavishly-printed books in extremely limited editions, for which he had the services of Giovanni Battista Pasquali , whose press he bankrolled. A reproduction of Boccaccio 's Decamerone from the Pasquali press, guided by Smith, was so exact
874-545: The Victorian Parliament Joe F. Smith (1918–2013), American Democratic Party politician from West Virginia Joseph F. Smith (Pennsylvania politician) (1920–1999), United States Representative from Pennsylvania Joseph A. Smith (sheriff) (1911–2003), American politician; Sheriff of Worcester County, Massachusetts, 1962–1977 Joseph Henry Smith (1945-2023), Minister for Defence of Ghana Joe Smith (Missouri politician) (born c. 1973), Republican member of
912-456: The artist to make his successful trip to London in 1746. Smith himself was a passionate collector of contemporary Venetian paintings and drawings, as well as etchings and engravings . In 1768, he published a facsimile of the original edition of Andrea Palladio 's I quattro libri dell'architettura of 1570. In 1762, Smith sold the vast majority of his books, gems, coins, prints, drawings and paintings – including many works by Canaletto – to
950-652: The ceremony, he gave his son Joseph Smith Jr. a blessing indicating Smith Jr. would, "continue in his Priests office until Christ come." Smith was born on July 12, 1771, in Topsfield , Massachusetts , to Asael Smith and Mary Duty. He married Lucy Mack in Tunbridge, Vermont , on January 26, 1796, and had 11 children with her. Details of Smith’s paternal line go back to his 3rd great-grandfather Robert Smith from Lincolnshire , England who settled in Massachusetts colony during
988-452: The church's new headquarters in Kirtland, Ohio . He was ordained to be the church's first Presiding Patriarch on December 18, 1833. In reference to his father's role as patriarch of the church, Joseph Jr. likened his father to Adam , the first biblical patriarch: "So shall it be with my father; he shall be called a prince over his posterity, holding the keys of the patriarchal priesthood over
1026-480: The family's move to Palmyra until he had had seven in all; Lucy remembered five well enough to quote in detail. In the late 1820s, Smith's son, Joseph Jr., began to tell the family about golden plates , which he said contained a record of the ancient inhabitants of the Americas. In September 1827, Joseph Jr. said he obtained the plates. In the following years, Joseph Jr. said he translated the plates into English through
1064-546: The family. He was content to allow his wife control over the religious upbringing of their children. This indifference bothered Lucy very much. After much prayer, she said she had received a divine witness that her husband would some day accept "the pure and undefiled Gospel of the Son of God." Smith professed that he had visionary dreams with highly symbolic content, perhaps related to his ambivalence about religious faith and sometimes presaging events to come. These dreams continued after
1102-469: The first Italian-style opera heard in England, and Bononcini 's Trionfo di Camilla (1706). She arrived in Venice in 1711, and Smith immediately made her his wife. His appointment as British consul was gazetted on 24 March 1743, Old Style (1744 by modern dating), after which he was the "Consul Smith" whose name appears in every history of eighteenth-century British collecting and art patronage. He retained
1140-575: The kingdom of God on earth, even the Church of the Latter Day Saints". As part of his new role, Smith presided in council meetings and administered patriarchal blessings . On September 3, 1837, Smith was also made an Assistant Counselor to his son in the First Presidency of the church. Smith was present at the first performance of the Second Anointing ritual, the highest ordinance in
1178-478: The nineteenth century. At quite an advanced age, the widowed consul Smith, his wife having died in 1756, married a sister of John Murray, resident at Venice and afterwards British ambassador to Turkey . His grave was on the Lido , where Goethe , travelling in the late seventeen-eighties, stopped to pay respects: "to him I owe my copy of Palladio, and I offered up a grateful prayer". The palace that Smith owned in Venice
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1216-428: The original woodcuts . Further neo-Palladian structures in a veduta ideata fantasy setting commissioned by Consul Smith are the series of eleven paintings commissioned in 1746 from Francesco Zuccarelli and Antonio Visentini showing English Palladian structures in idealised fantasy settings. George III began to form his library by purchasing Smith's in virtually its entirety in 1765, for £10,000; it forms that part of
1254-450: The participants of the ritual that they were "sealed up unto salvation." Smith moved with his family to Far West, Missouri , in 1838 and from there to the church's new headquarters at Nauvoo, Illinois , in 1839. Old age and illnesses had taken their toll and by the end of summer 1840, Smith realized he was dying. He called his family around him to administer patriarchal blessings. He blessed his wife: "Mother, do you not know that you are
1292-606: The post until the accession of George III in 1760. In expectation of his appointment Smith purchased outright the Palazzo Balbi on the Grand Canal , which he had heretofore been renting, on 20 April 1740. Soon thereafter he commissioned Antonio Visentini to redesign the façade in the Palladian style . Smith, who was in correspondence with the "architect earl", Lord Burlington , was as devoted to Palladio as any of his British visitors: in
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1368-448: The use of a seer stone , which he found previously during a treasure digging expedition, as well as the Urim and Thummim , a device given to him by the angel Moroni . When the work was near completion, at the end of June 1829, Joseph Sr. and seven other men signed a joint statement, testifying that they had both lifted the plates and seen the engravings on the plates. Known as the " Testimony of
1406-670: The young George III for £20,000. The books today form the nucleus of the King's Library, now transferred from the British Museum to the British Library , while the Royal Collection retains his other treasures. Smith's other passion was for music, which he indulged in part by marrying the noted but temperamental soprano Catherine Tofts (c.1685–1756). She had been the first true prima donna in London, who had introduced Italian opera in Thomas Clayton 's Arsinoe, Queen of Cyprus (1705),
1444-423: Was translated by Smith Jr. from golden plates . In 1833, Smith Sr. was named the first patriarch of the Church of Christ (which was renamed to the Church of the Latter Day Saints in 1834 and Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in 1838). Joseph Sr. was also a member of the First Presidency of the church. He was one of the first recipients of the controversial Second Anointing ritual in 1833. During
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