The Sassoons

John Singer Sargent. Lady Sassoon, 1907. Oil on canvas. Overall dims: 64 ½ x 42 ½ in. (163 x 108 cm). Courtesy Houghton Hall Collection, used by permission. Image: Painters / Alamy Stock Photo

John Singer Sargent. Sybil, Countess of Rocksavage, 1922. Oil on canvas; 63 ½ × 35 5/8 in. (161.3 × 89.8 cm). Courtesy Houghton Hall Collection, used by permission. Image: Painters / Alamy Stock Photo

John Singer Sargent. Sir Philip Sassoon, 1923. Oil on canvas; 37 ½ × 22 ¾ in. (95.2 × 57.8 cm). London, Tate, Bequeathed by Sir Philip Sassoon Bt 1939 (N05052)

John Singer Sargent. Sybil, Countess of Rocksavage, 1913. Oil on canvas; 33 7/8 x 26 in. (86 x 66 cm). Courtesy Houghton Hall Collection, used by permission. Image courtesy Bridgeman Images

Attributed to William Melville. Portrait of David Sassoon. Oil on canvas; 41 ½ × 33 in. (105.4 × 83.8 cm). Private Collection 

Henry Jones Thaddeus. Rachel Sassoon Beer, 1887. Oil on canvas; 52 × 37 in. (132.1 × 94 cm). Private collection. Formerly in Siegfried Sassoon collection

Sassoon Haggadah. Spain or Southern France, c. 1320. Ink, tempera, and gold and silver leaf on parchment; 8 5/16 × 6 ½ in. (21 × 16.5 cm). Purchased by the State of Israel through an anonymous donor, London, L-B75.0583; 181/041. Formerly in the David Solomon Sassoon Collection (no. 514)

Torah finials. England, probably London, 1804, dedicated in 1834/35 (Hebrew inscription date). Silver parcel gilt, and enamel; 6 in. (15.2 cm). Collection of Jane and Stuart Weitzman. Formerly in the Reuben and Flora Sassoon Collections

Thomas Gainsborough. Portrait of the Artist with His Wife and Daughter, c. 1748. Oil on canvas; 36 ¼ × 27 ¾ in. (92.1 × 70.5 cm). London, National Gallery. Acquired under the acceptance-in-lieu scheme at the wish of Sybil, Marchioness of Cholmondeley, in memory of her brother, Sir Philip Sassoon, 1994 (NG6547). Formerly in the Philip Sassoon Collection

After Qian Xuan. Pear Blossoms, c. 1280. China, Yuan dynasty (1271–1368). Ink and color on paper handscroll. Dimensions: Image: 12 5/16 × 37 7/8 in. (31.3 × 96.2 cm). Overall with mounting: 12 5/8 ×x 34 ft. 9 1/8 in. (32.1 ×x 1059.5 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Purchase, The Dillon Fund Gift, 1977 (1977.79). Formerly in the Percival David Collection

Snuffbox presented to Queen Mary by Mozelle Sassoon, Christmas 1934. Paris, c. 1762–68. Sablé gold with pearls, opals, and enamel; ¼ × 2 ½ × 1 13/16 in. (3.1 × 6.2 × 4.5 cm). Lent by His Majesty King Charles III. Photo Credit: Royal Collection Trust/© His Majesty King Charles III 2023

Esther scroll of Reuben Sassoon. Baghdad, mid-nineteenth century. Paint on parchment with silver handle; scroll, 41/8 in. (10.5 cm); with handle 7 7/8 in. (20 cm). Weitzman Family Collection. Formerly in the Sassoon Family Collection

Johan Zoffany. The Family of Sir William Young, 1767–69. Oil on canvas; 45 × 66 in (114.5 × 167.5 cm). National Museums Liverpool, Walker Art Gallery. Formerly in the Philip Sassoon Collection