Education
He studied at the schools of the Royal Academy, and in 1803 sent his first contribution to its exhibitions - a portrait of the sculptor Joseph Wilton.
He studied at the schools of the Royal Academy, and in 1803 sent his first contribution to its exhibitions - a portrait of the sculptor Joseph Wilton.
This work was exhibited at the British Institution in 1807. In the years up to 1839 he continued to contribute paintings to the Academy (see list below). Besides those, he exhibited several pictures at the British Institution and a few at the Society of British Artists.
He also painted in 1809 a large picture of "The Transfiguration", which he presented as an altar-piece to Saint Thomas"s Church, Salisbury.
In 1829 Guest published An Inquiry into the Causes of the Decline of Historical Painting. In 1839 he sent two small works to the exhibition of the British Institution, and there is no further notice of him.
