Background
Fox was born at Cossey, near Norwich, where his father was steward to Lord Stafford, of Cossey Hall.
Fox was born at Cossey, near Norwich, where his father was steward to Lord Stafford, of Cossey Hall.
After a period of studying engraving under Edwards at Bungay, he came up to London, became an inmate in the studio of John Burnet, who was at that time engaged in engraving some of Wilkie"s principal works, and assisted Burnet in their completion. When John Lindley, his fellow-townsman, was appointed secretary of the Horticultural Society, Fox was chosen as a judge and arbitrator for the its prizes. He also executed all the engravings for a periodical called The Florist.
He died at Leyton in 1849.