Education
He instructed first in Berlin and afterwards at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, which he attended from 1835 till 1839.
He instructed first in Berlin and afterwards at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, which he attended from 1835 till 1839.
He painted buildings of the Middle Ages, with landscape surroundings, such as "The Church of Saint Quirinus in Neuss", "The Cloister of Saint Severinus in Cologne" (1837), "The Cathedral of Mayence" (1841), "Custom House in London" (1852) and "Views of Cologne Cathedral". He also executed some excellent aquatints, such as "Pius IX. in his Cabinet" and "An Assemblage at Sigmaringen in the Olden Time" (1872). He died at Cologne in 1873.