William Mossop [The Younger]

Life
1788-1827; b. Dublin, son of above and medallist to many Irish Societies; ed. Samuel Whyte’s Academy; work includes medallic port of O’Connell (1816); Grattan [abandoned]; George IV, 1821; George Walker of Derry, for Prentice Boys Club; orig. member of RHA, 1823; committed to Richmond Asylum, d. 11 Aug. 1827; issued an account of his own and his father’s work, printed as an appendix in Sir John Gilbert’s History of Dublin (1854); his original steel discs are held at the RIA. DIB DIH