Painting of Nauvoo, Illinois
Johann Schroder
- Medium
(Dates unknown)
1859
Oil on tin
The temple in Nauvoo overlooked the city from the eastern bluffs. At the time Schroder recorded this scene, the Saints had largely abandoned their city to seek a new homeland in the American West. Only a portion of the temple remained standing after an arsonist's fire had gutted the interior.