English.
Baptised 1768, Isle of Wight.
Volunteered Royal Navy, ca. 1795.
Invalided out March 1800.
Active as artist 1797-1827.

Believed to have been appointed marine painter to the East India Company.

Died November 1842.

Exhibited: Royal Academy 1813-27, British Institution 1825.

Collections:
City Museum and Art Gallery, Plymouth, England;
Mariners Museum, Newport News, Virginia;
National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, England;
Peabody Museum, Salem, Massachusetts;
United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland.