Background
He was born at Daventry, Northamptonshire, about 1652.
He was born at Daventry, Northamptonshire, about 1652.
He was articled to a painter named Tillet in London, and studied mezzotint engraving under Isaac Beckett and January van der Vaardt.
He became the favourite engraver of Sir Godfrey Kneller, whose paintings he extensively reproduced, and in whose house he is said to have lived for some time. On giving up business he retired to Northamptonshire, where he died on 17 January 1742 at the age of ninety.