Simhat Torah, The Procession of The Law.

Soloman Alexander Hart 1806-1881 was a British painter. He was born in Plymouth, England, the son of Samuel Hart, a Jewish engraver and teacher of Hebrew. He remained an observant Jew all his life. He served as an engraver’s apprentice in London where he studied at the RoyalAcademy, and excelled in miniature painting. Hart became celebrated as a painter of historical scenes and characters, and in 1854 was appointed professor of painting in the Royal Academy.

Yom Kippur by a Polish artist named Maurycy Gottlieb (1856-1879). He was only twenty three years old when he painted this. His prolific work had already established him as a master Jewish portrait-maker. Among the men and women shown above here in prayer in their separate sections on Yom Yippur is a self-porttrait to the right of the Torah.