diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index df9c10f..bf4445b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -15,3 +15,5 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html
   `MethodNotAllowedError`, `NotAcceptableError`, `NotFoundError`, `PreconditionFailedError`,
   `TooManyRequestsError`, `UnauthorizedError`, `UnsupportedMediaTypeError`: Specializations
   of the `ClientHttpError` to represent common HTTP error responses.
+- `handleErrorResponse`: a function to map the received HTTP error to the appropriate error
+  class.
diff --git a/src/http/handleErrorResponse.test.ts b/src/http/handleErrorResponse.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..254c15e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/http/handleErrorResponse.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+//
+// Copyright Inrupt Inc.
+//
+// Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+// of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in
+// the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use,
+// copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the
+// Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so,
+// subject to the following conditions:
+//
+// The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+// all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+//
+// THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED,
+// INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A
+// PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT
+// HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION
+// OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE
+// SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+//
+import { describe, it, expect } from "@jest/globals";
+import { handleErrorResponse } from "./handleErrorResponse";
+import {
+  BadRequestError,
+  BAD_REQUEST_STATUS,
+} from "./wellKnown/badRequestError";
+import { mockResponse } from "./httpError.mock";
+import ConflictError, { CONFLICT_STATUS } from "./wellKnown/conflictError";
+import ForbiddenError, { FORBIDDEN_STATUS } from "./wellKnown/forbiddenError";
+import GoneError, { GONE_STATUS } from "./wellKnown/goneError";
+import InternalServerErrorError, {
+  INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR_STATUS,
+} from "./wellKnown/internalServerErrorError";
+import MethodNotAllowedError, {
+  METHOD_NOT_ALLOWED_STATUS,
+} from "./wellKnown/methodNotAllowedError";
+import NotAcceptableError, {
+  NOT_ACCEPTABLE_STATUS,
+} from "./wellKnown/notAcceptableError";
+import NotFoundError, { NOT_FOUND_STATUS } from "./wellKnown/notFoundError";
+import PreconditionFailedError, {
+  PRECONDITION_FAILED_STATUS,
+} from "./wellKnown/preconditionFailedError";
+import TooManyRequestsError, {
+  TOO_MANY_REQUESTS_STATUS,
+} from "./wellKnown/tooManyRequestsError";
+import UnauthorizedError, {
+  UNAUTHORIZED_STATUS,
+} from "./wellKnown/unauthorizedError";
+import UnsupportedMediaTypeError, {
+  UNSUPPORTED_MEDIA_TYPE_STATUS,
+} from "./wellKnown/unsupportedMediaTypeError";
+
+describe("handleErrorResponse", () => {
+  it.each([
+    [BAD_REQUEST_STATUS, BadRequestError],
+    [CONFLICT_STATUS, ConflictError],
+    [FORBIDDEN_STATUS, ForbiddenError],
+    [GONE_STATUS, GoneError],
+    [INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR_STATUS, InternalServerErrorError],
+    [METHOD_NOT_ALLOWED_STATUS, MethodNotAllowedError],
+    [NOT_ACCEPTABLE_STATUS, NotAcceptableError],
+    [NOT_FOUND_STATUS, NotFoundError],
+    [PRECONDITION_FAILED_STATUS, PreconditionFailedError],
+    [TOO_MANY_REQUESTS_STATUS, TooManyRequestsError],
+    [UNAUTHORIZED_STATUS, UnauthorizedError],
+    [UNSUPPORTED_MEDIA_TYPE_STATUS, UnsupportedMediaTypeError],
+  ])("maps %i status to %s class", (responseStatus, errorClass) => {
+    const response = mockResponse({ status: responseStatus });
+    const error = handleErrorResponse(
+      response,
+      "Some response body",
+      "Some error message",
+    );
+    expect(error).toBeInstanceOf(errorClass);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/http/handleErrorResponse.ts b/src/http/handleErrorResponse.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0cfe42c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/http/handleErrorResponse.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,122 @@
+//
+// Copyright Inrupt Inc.
+//
+// Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+// of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in
+// the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use,
+// copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the
+// Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so,
+// subject to the following conditions:
+//
+// The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+// all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+//
+// THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED,
+// INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A
+// PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT
+// HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION
+// OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE
+// SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+//
+import { ClientHttpError } from "./httpError";
+import BadRequestError, {
+  BAD_REQUEST_STATUS,
+} from "./wellKnown/badRequestError";
+import ConflictError, { CONFLICT_STATUS } from "./wellKnown/conflictError";
+import ForbiddenError, { FORBIDDEN_STATUS } from "./wellKnown/forbiddenError";
+import GoneError, { GONE_STATUS } from "./wellKnown/goneError";
+import InternalServerErrorError, {
+  INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR_STATUS,
+} from "./wellKnown/internalServerErrorError";
+import MethodNotAllowedError, {
+  METHOD_NOT_ALLOWED_STATUS,
+} from "./wellKnown/methodNotAllowedError";
+import NotAcceptableError, {
+  NOT_ACCEPTABLE_STATUS,
+} from "./wellKnown/notAcceptableError";
+import NotFoundError, { NOT_FOUND_STATUS } from "./wellKnown/notFoundError";
+import PreconditionFailedError, {
+  PRECONDITION_FAILED_STATUS,
+} from "./wellKnown/preconditionFailedError";
+import TooManyRequestsError, {
+  TOO_MANY_REQUESTS_STATUS,
+} from "./wellKnown/tooManyRequestsError";
+import UnauthorizedError, {
+  UNAUTHORIZED_STATUS,
+} from "./wellKnown/unauthorizedError";
+import UnsupportedMediaTypeError, {
+  UNSUPPORTED_MEDIA_TYPE_STATUS,
+} from "./wellKnown/unsupportedMediaTypeError";
+
+/**
+ * Map an HTTP error response to one of the Error classes exported by this library.
+ *
+ * @example
+ * ```ts
+ * const response = await fetch("https://example.org/resource");
+ * if (!response.ok) {
+ *   const responseBody = await response.text();
+ *   throw handleErrorResponse(response, responseBody, "Fetch got error response");
+ * }
+ * ```
+ *
+ * @param responseMetadata the response metadata
+ * @param responseBody the response body
+ * @param message the error message
+ * @returns an instance of the ClientHttpError subclass matching the response metadata status.
+ * If the response status is unkown, the generic ClientHttpError class is used.
+ * @since unreleased
+ */
+export function handleErrorResponse(
+  responseMetadata: {
+    status: number;
+    statusText: string;
+    headers: Headers;
+    url: string;
+  },
+  responseBody: string,
+  message: string,
+): ClientHttpError {
+  switch (responseMetadata.status) {
+    case BAD_REQUEST_STATUS:
+      return new BadRequestError(responseMetadata, responseBody, message);
+    case CONFLICT_STATUS:
+      return new ConflictError(responseMetadata, responseBody, message);
+    case FORBIDDEN_STATUS:
+      return new ForbiddenError(responseMetadata, responseBody, message);
+    case GONE_STATUS:
+      return new GoneError(responseMetadata, responseBody, message);
+    case INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR_STATUS:
+      return new InternalServerErrorError(
+        responseMetadata,
+        responseBody,
+        message,
+      );
+    case METHOD_NOT_ALLOWED_STATUS:
+      return new MethodNotAllowedError(responseMetadata, responseBody, message);
+    case NOT_ACCEPTABLE_STATUS:
+      return new NotAcceptableError(responseMetadata, responseBody, message);
+    case NOT_FOUND_STATUS:
+      return new NotFoundError(responseMetadata, responseBody, message);
+    case PRECONDITION_FAILED_STATUS:
+      return new PreconditionFailedError(
+        responseMetadata,
+        responseBody,
+        message,
+      );
+    case TOO_MANY_REQUESTS_STATUS:
+      return new TooManyRequestsError(responseMetadata, responseBody, message);
+    case UNAUTHORIZED_STATUS:
+      return new UnauthorizedError(responseMetadata, responseBody, message);
+    case UNSUPPORTED_MEDIA_TYPE_STATUS:
+      return new UnsupportedMediaTypeError(
+        responseMetadata,
+        responseBody,
+        message,
+      );
+    default:
+      return new ClientHttpError(responseMetadata, responseBody, message);
+  }
+}
+
+export default handleErrorResponse;
diff --git a/src/http/httpError.mock.ts b/src/http/httpError.mock.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..95c76e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/http/httpError.mock.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+//
+// Copyright Inrupt Inc.
+//
+// Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+// of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in
+// the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use,
+// copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the
+// Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so,
+// subject to the following conditions:
+//
+// The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+// all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+//
+// THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED,
+// INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A
+// PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT
+// HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION
+// OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE
+// SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+//
+
+import { PROBLEM_DETAILS_MIME } from "./problemDetails";
+
+export const mockResponse = ({
+  body,
+  status,
+  statusText,
+  headers,
+}: {
+  body?: string;
+  status?: number;
+  statusText?: string;
+  headers?: Headers;
+  responseUrl?: string;
+} = {}): Response => {
+  const response = new Response(body ?? undefined, {
+    status: status ?? 400,
+    statusText: statusText ?? "Bad Request",
+    headers:
+      headers ??
+      new Headers({
+        "Content-Type": PROBLEM_DETAILS_MIME,
+      }),
+  });
+  return response;
+};
+
+export default mockResponse;
diff --git a/src/http/httpError.test.ts b/src/http/httpError.test.ts
index de8db94..5c8db3a 100644
--- a/src/http/httpError.test.ts
+++ b/src/http/httpError.test.ts
@@ -21,13 +21,10 @@
 import { describe, it, expect, jest } from "@jest/globals";
 import { ClientHttpError } from "./httpError";
 import { mockProblemDetails } from "./problemDetails.mock";
-import {
-  DEFAULT_TYPE,
-  PROBLEM_DETAILS_MIME,
-  hasProblemDetails,
-} from "./problemDetails";
+import { DEFAULT_TYPE, hasProblemDetails } from "./problemDetails";
 import InruptClientError from "../clientError";
 import { hasErrorResponse } from "./errorResponse";
+import mockResponseBase from "./httpError.mock";
 
 const mockResponse = ({
   body,
@@ -42,15 +39,7 @@ const mockResponse = ({
   headers?: Headers;
   responseUrl?: string;
 } = {}): Response => {
-  const response = new Response(body ?? undefined, {
-    status: status ?? 400,
-    statusText: statusText ?? "Bad Request",
-    headers:
-      headers ??
-      new Headers({
-        "Content-Type": PROBLEM_DETAILS_MIME,
-      }),
-  });
+  const response = mockResponseBase({ body, status, statusText, headers });
   jest
     .spyOn(response, "url", "get")
     .mockReturnValue(responseUrl ?? "https://example.org/resource");
diff --git a/src/http/wellKnown/internalServerErrorError.ts b/src/http/wellKnown/internalServerErrorError.ts
index 252f20d..cf9f1ca 100644
--- a/src/http/wellKnown/internalServerErrorError.ts
+++ b/src/http/wellKnown/internalServerErrorError.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import { InruptClientError } from "../../clientError";
 import type { ErrorResponse } from "../errorResponse";
 import { ClientHttpError } from "../httpError";
 
-export const INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR_STATUS = 410 as const;
+export const INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR_STATUS = 500 as const;
 
 export type InternalServerErrorErrorResponse = ErrorResponse & {
   status: typeof INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR_STATUS;
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index a5b57ab..086f56b 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 //
 
 export { InruptClientError } from "./clientError";
-export { ClientHttpError } from "./http/httpError";
+export { ClientHttpError, handleErrorResponse } from "./http/httpError";
 export {
   DEFAULT_TYPE,
   PROBLEM_DETAILS_MIME,