Career
In 1768 he went to complete his studies in the French Academy in Rome. While in Rome he taught the architects James Lewis (1751-1820) and Richard Norris (1750-1794). In 1774 he exhibited a painting entitled "Jupiter and Thetis" at the Free Society of Artists in London, giving as his address 20 Frith Street, Soho.
At around this time he was recruited by George Nugent-Temple-Grenville, 1st Marquess of Buckingham to work on Stowe House in Buckinghamshire, England.He moved with his patron to Ireland, perhaps in 1787, when the latter became, for the second time, the Lord Lieutenant.
He painted the ceilings in Street Patrick"s Hall in the Dublin Castle with frescoes depicting Irish history, including Street Patrick lighting the Paschal fire on the Hill of Slane. He died in Dublin, reportedly in August 1814.
