studied at the art school of Henry Sass, Bloomsbury Street, London; also studied naval architecture & possibly navigation at Plymouth
England, UK
captain Owen Stanleys, ass.surgeon and naturalist Thomas H. Huxley et al onboard HMS Rattlesnake during expedition to North Australia, New Guinea & Louisian Archipelago (1846-50) ; Diários de viagens ao Rio de Janeiro 1842-1867 ;
Royal Academy of Arts (1st exhibition 1839) ; Water-Colour Society (assoc. 1872); marine painter to Queen Victoria & to the Royal Yacht Squadron: 1874