Temple Mormon de Nauvoo
Varin (engraver)
- Medium
Nineteenth century
Tin engraving
Although not entirely accurate, this French image of the temple points to European interests in the city of the Saints and their temple. After the Latter–day Saints had abandoned Nauvoo, a French communitarian group, the Icarians, purchased the burned–out Nauvoo Temple. When winds toppled the temple walls, the Icarians and others salvaged the stone to build a schoolhouse and other structures.