Career
When he was about thirteen years of age he was placed in an architect"s office, and he subsequently received a few weeks" instruction in portrait painting. In 1831 he came to the United States with his father, and four years later he settled with the family in Newport. In his artistic efforts he met with encouragement and advice from Washington Allston, and soon devoted himself entirely to miniature painting.
In Boston he kept a studio in Amory Hall.
He belonged to the Boston Artists" Association. He visited Europe 1867-1869, and again 1872-1874.
The last twenty years of his life were devoted to painting life-size portraits in oil, as well as genre pieces and landscapes.
