Delaharpe, Joseph

From: Josephine Marie Augustine de la Harpe Ludert Ursenbach: From the Tsar�s Court to the Kingdom of God

By Ardis E. Parshall, Keepapitchinin, June 03, 2009

It will be seen by obituary notice in another column, that Sister Ursenbach died this morning. She was a lady of superior education and attainments, and true to her integrity in the work of the Lord. She leaves one son, who is now in New York, employed as a scenic artist at one of the leading theatres. She has also two daughters in St. Petersburg, Russia. Deceased was a native of Switzerland, but resided for some time in Russia. � Deseret News Weekly, February 27, 1878

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� Josephine�s son, who had assisted in gathering geological and zoological specimens for the Deseret Museum, became a portrait and landscape artist, then moved to New York City where, under the name Joseph Delaharpe, he became one of the most celebrated theater-scenery painters of his generation � one of his earliest productions was the 1873 New York Opera House staging of Mark Twain�s popular Roughing It. �