The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of June 4, 2023

Thomas Abthorpe Cooper

c. 1810

John Wesley Jarvis

(American, 1781–1840)

America, 19th century

Oil on wood

Unframed: 86.2 x 66.5 cm (33 15/16 x 26 3/16 in.)

Gift of Mrs. Benjamin Thaw 1918.173

Location

not on view

Provenance
Richard Mansfield; Mrs. Benjamin Thaw (American Art Association, New York sale May 13, 1916; vol. 14, no. 32. listed p. 6, no. 147).
Citations
"Jarvis's Portrait of Thomas Apthorp Cooper." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 5, no. 2/3 (1918): 20. Reproduced: p. 18; Mentioned: p. 20 www.jstor.org
"Report of the Museum's Second Year." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 5, no. 6/7 (1918): 69-79. Mentioned: p. 71 www.jstor.org
Exhibition history

New York, American Art Association, Sale (Tuesday, 10 May 1916), illus. no. 147.

Cleveland, The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Twentieth Annieversary Exhibition of The Cleveland Museum of Art The Official Art Exhibit of the Great Lakes Exposition (26 June-4 October 1936), cat. no. 34, listed p. 25.

The Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition: The Official Art Exhibit of the Great Lakes Exposition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 26-October 4, 1936).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1918.173