 He continued to be paid for portraits of the king and queen up even during 1765–6, when their "official" portraits were being done by Allan Ramsay.Several examples of his and his studio's output of royal portraits survive – one of George II dated 1755 is in the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh; another of George II in Room 2 of the British Museum, London (commissioned by the museum in 1759 – the Museum also holds engravings after his paintings), along with two more of George II in the Royal Collection and others in Fishmongers' Hall, London, and Maidenhead Museum.He was a member of the 1755 committee that drew up the first proposal for siting a royal academy in London.