Career
In 1836 he settled in Florence, Italy, where he spent the rest of his life. As a painter, he specialized, mainly painting Alpine landscapes. At the 1870 Exhibition of Fine Arts in Parma, he exhibited an oil: Bagni of Lucca.
Among other works are Dallo Porte Sante and Louisiana pensierosa.
At Florence, in 1882: Veduta della Marina. In 1885, in the same city: Veduta del Chalet Plauta.
Though not himself an entomologist, he joined the Entomological Society of London at its founding in 1833, and was noted as its longest-surviving original member.