Social Victorians/People/Arthur Sassoon
Also Known As
edit- Family name: Sassoon
- Member of the Sassoon family
Acquaintances, Friends and Enemies
editTimeline
edit1897 July 2, Friday, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Sassoon attended the Duchess of Devonshire's fancy-dress ball at Devonshire House.
Costume at the Duchess of Devonshire's 2 July 1897 Fancy-dress Ball
editMrs. Louise Sassoon
editAt the Duchess of Devonshire's fancy-dress ball, Louise (Mrs. Arthur) Sassoon (at 202) led in the 17th-century procession as La Dogaressa, with Arthur, Viscount Peel as Il Doge;[1]:p. 7, Col. 5c she was at Table 10 in the first seating for supper.[1]:p. 7, Col. 5a
Alice Hughes's portrait of "Eugenie Louise Judith Sassoon (née Perugia) as La Dogeressa" in costume is photogravure #48 in the album presented to the Duchess of Devonshire and now in the National Portrait Gallery.[2] The printing on the portrait says, "Mrs. Arthur Sassoon as La Dogeressa," with a Long S in Sassoon and Dogeressa.[3]
She seems to have been attended by two pages, Evelyn Rothschild (at 669) and Anthony Rothschild (at 670), sons of her sister, Marie Perugia Rothschild.
A Dogaressa was the wife of the Doge, or the leading official and chief magistrate, of Venice between 726 and 1797.[4] Eight women were Dogaressa in the 17th century in Venice.[5]
Arthur Sassoon
editArthur Sassoon (at 553) was dressed as Chief of the Janissaries. Lafayette's portrait of "Arthur Abraham David Sassoon as Chief of the Janissaries" in costume is photogravure #49 in the album presented to the Duchess of Devonshire and now in the National Portrait Gallery.[2] The printing on the portrait says, "Mr. Arthur Sassoon as Chief of the Janissaries," with a Long S in Sassoon and Janissaries.[6]
Janissaries were members of a prestigious Ottoman military unit from the middle of the 14th century to the middle of the 19th century.[7]
Demographics
edit- Nationality: English
- Religion: Jewish
Residences
edit- 6 (1881) and then 8 Queen's Gardens, Hove, East Sussex (1883 – 13 March 1912)[8]
Family
edit- Arthur Abraham David Sassoon (25 May 1840 – 13 March 1912)[8]
- Louise (Eugenie Louise) Perugia (1854-1943)[8]
Relations
edit- Louise Perugia Sassoon's sister was Marie Perugia Rothschild, who was the mother of Evelyn Rothschild and Anthony Rothschild, her pages for the Duchess of Devonshire's 1897 fancy-dress ball.
Questions and Notes
edit- Arthur Sassoon had his photograph taken by Lafayette, but Louise Sassoon had hers taken by a woman, Alice Hughes.
Footnotes
edit- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Fancy Dress Ball at Devonshire House." Morning Post Saturday 3 July 1897: 7 [of 12], Col. 4a–8 Col. 2b [of 7]. British Newspaper Archive http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000174/18970703/054/0007.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Devonshire House Fancy Dress Ball (1897): photogravures by Walker & Boutall after various photographers." 1899. National Portrait Gallery https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait-list.php?set=515.
- ↑ "Eugenie Louise Judith Sassoon (née Perugia) as La Dogeressa." Diamond Jubilee Fancy Dress Ball. National Portrait Gallery https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw158401/Eugenie-Louise-Judith-Sassoon-ne-Perugia-as-La-Dogeressa.
- ↑ "Doge of Venice". Wikipedia. 2022-01-10. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Doge_of_Venice&oldid=1064926692. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_of_Venice.
- ↑ "Dogaressa". Wikipedia. 2021-06-23. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dogaressa&oldid=1030023990. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogaressa.
- ↑ "Arthur Abraham David Sassoon as Chief of the Janissaries." Diamond Jubilee Fancy Dress Ball. National Portrait Gallery https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw158402/Arthur-Abraham-David-Sassoon-as-Chief-of-the-Janissaries.
- ↑ "Janissary". Wikipedia. 2022-01-30. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Janissary&oldid=1068769528. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janissary.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 "Arthur Sassoon". Wikipedia. 2020-10-07. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Arthur_Sassoon&oldid=982401856.