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To clarify, the Book of Mormon wasn’t translated, it was dictated. The method by which this transpired, according to the new essay that appears on LDS.org, was never as the depiction above suggests. Read the church’s new essay on the method of translation which concedes that a stone placed in a hat drawn tightly around his face was Joseph’s technique. I say “dictated” because the process simply involved ‘reading’ the words that appeared in the stone.
Yes, we should definitely move toward more realistic depictions. The term used at the time “translation” is more like what we today call “revelation” The excellent essay on lds.org is here:
https://www.lds.org/topics/book-of-mormon-translation?lang=eng
“Revealed” is a much more accurate word, C. Thank you. And I agree with your statement on depictions. Respecting that opinion, perhaps it would behoove the church to forego certain historical depictions altogether.