Background
A native of Colchester, he was named by his father after Jean-Jacques Rousseau. He was nephew through his mother of Doctor John Garnett, dean of Exeter.
A native of Colchester, he was named by his father after Jean-Jacques Rousseau. He was nephew through his mother of Doctor John Garnett, dean of Exeter.
Halls exhibited a landscape at the Royal Academy in 1791, and about 1797 settled as a professional artist in London. In 1802 he accompanied Henry Fuseli and others to Paris to study the collections brought together by Napoleon.