Best Photos of the Day

A selection of paintings owned by Philip Sassoon, who became a member of the British Parliament, and his cousin Mozelle Sassoon, at the Jewish Museum in New York, March 1, 2023. The Jewish Museum surveys one of the grandest families of the 19th century: a hemisphere-spanning dynasty of merchants, poets, soldiers and socialites. (Karsten Moran/The New York Times)

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

An ornate, bilingual Passover Haggadah, handwritten in Calcutta (today Kolkata) in 1868, which was once in the collection of David Solomon Sassoon, at the Jewish Museum in New York, March 1, 2023. The Jewish Museum surveys one of the grandest families of the 19th century: a hemisphere-spanning dynasty of merchants, poets, soldiers and socialites. (Karsten Moran/The New York Times)

Famille verte garniture. China, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period, 1662–1722. Ceramic and hard-paste porcelain; each approximately 10 5/8 × 4 5/16 in. (26.9 × 10.9 cm) National Trust, Hannah Gubbay Collection, Clandon Park, Surrey, United Kingdom

An installation view of manuscripts, many of them once owned by David Solomon Sassoon, at the Jewish Museum in New York, March 1, 2023. The Jewish Museum surveys one of the grandest families of the 19th century: a hemisphere-spanning dynasty of merchants, poets, soldiers and socialites. (Karsten Moran/The New York Times)

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

“The Sassoons” with portraits of dynasty members over the generations including Aline de Rothschild (Lady Sassoon), several of Sybil Sassoon, and two of Sir Philip Sassoon, all by John Singer Sargent at the Jewish Museum in New York, March 1, 2023. The Jewish Museum surveys one of the grandest families of the 19th century: a hemisphere-spanning dynasty of merchants, poets, soldiers and socialites. (Karsten Moran/The New York Times)

Esther scroll of Reuben Sassoon, Baghdad, mid-nineteenth century. Paint on parchment with silver handle; scroll, 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm); with handle 7 7/8 in. (20 cm) Weitzman Family Collection. Formerly in the Sassoon Family Collection.

From ”The Sassoons,” Torah and haftara scrolls in cases commissioned by Flora Sassoon, China and Iraq, 1888-93, at the Jewish Museum in New York, March 1, 2023. The Jewish Museum surveys one of the grandest families of the 19th century: a hemisphere-spanning dynasty of merchants, poets, soldiers and socialites. (Karsten Moran/The New York Times)

View of Torah finials, Iraq, 1741-42, gilt silver, formerly in the Sassoon Family Collection, at the Jewish Museum in New York, March 1, 2023. The Jewish Museum surveys one of the grandest families of the 19th century: a hemisphere-spanning dynasty of merchants, poets, soldiers and socialites. (Karsten Moran/The New York Times)