Dr. Joseph Klapp

1. Commissioned from the artist by the sitter (1783–1843), Philadelphia, PA, along with a portrait of his wife, Mrs. Anna Klapp (born Milnor, 1783–1841) (1950.1362), begun June 1, 1814, and delivered September 23, 1814 [Thomas Sully papers, 1792–1871, reel N18, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, copies in curatorial object file]; by descent to his son Dr. William Henry Klapp (1817–1855), 1843; by descent to his son Dr. William H. Klapp (1849 or 1850–1924), Philadelphia, PA; by descent to his nephew Langdon Williams (1861 or 1862–1949), Philadelphia, PA, and Brookline, MA, by 1924. Richard C. Morrison, Concord, MA, by 1950; sold to M. Knoedler and Co., New York, 1950; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1950.

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

• New York, C.W. Lyon Galleries, Important Examples of American Old Masters, ill. as Portrait of Dr. Joseph Klapp of Philadelphia (New York,1950), n. pag., ill.
• Art Institute of Chicago, <a href="https://www.artic.edu/exhibitions/4071/two-centuries-of-american-art-1750-1950"><em>Two Centuries of American Art, 1750-1950</em></a>, Oct. 1, 1959–Jan. 10, 1960, no cat. [downloadable checklist available].

• Charles Henry Hart, “Thomas Sully’s Register of Portraits, 1801–1871,” Part I, Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, 33 (1909), p. 65. no. 956.
• –––––. A Register of Portraits Painted by Thomas Sully, 1801–1871 (Philadelphia, 1909), p. 98, no. 956.
• Edward Biddle and Mantle Fielding, The Life and Works of Thomas Sully (1783–1872) (Wickersham Press, 1921), p. 200, no. 991.
• Paintings in the Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago, 1961), p. 443.
• David A. Hanks, “American Paintings in the Art Institute of Chicago,” Magazine Antiques (September 1973), p. 415.

Mrs. Klapp (Anna Milnor)

Art Institute of Chicago

Mrs. George Lingen

Art Institute of Chicago

Patrick Henry

Art Institute of Chicago

Junius Brutus Booth

Art Institute of Chicago

Distant View of Niagara Falls

Art Institute of Chicago

Starry Night and the Astronauts

Art Institute of Chicago

A Friendly Warning

Art Institute of Chicago

Capture of the Tripoli by the Enterprise

Art Institute of Chicago

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