Lot 121: ALEXANDER MOSSES (BRITISH, 1793-1837)

ALEXANDER MOSSES (BRITISH, 1793-1837)
A double-sided miniature of Edward Carrington (b. 1807) and Edmund Carrington (1808-1883): one in blue cloak, black collar, tartan cravat, curling hair; the other in blue coat, buff waistcoat, black stock, curling hair
both signed with initials 'AM' (the former mid-right, the latter lower left)
on ivory
oval, 2 7/8 in. (72 mm.) high, gilt-metal frame with foliate surround, in hinged red leather travelling case
The former inscribed on the backing card 'Painted by Alex. Mosses 1827', the latter 'Painted by Alexυr. Mosses March 1829'

By family descent.

THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
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The Carrington brothers are sons of Samuel Carrington (1763-1816), a Manchester cotton merchant whose family originated from Liverpool. The eldest son, Edward, married on 7 June 1840 Charlotte Harknett, the daughter of a Cheltenham property developer and they had three daughters. The younger son, Edmund, married Sarah Louise Henney on 16 November 1841.
Alexander Mosses is recorded on the Getty's Research Institute Union List of Artist Names Online as a painter who worked in Liverpool.