 Taylor helped the teen find work at the magazine "Punch", a job designing capitals for illustrations (which provided much-needed income).He was educated at King's College and the Royal Academy School, where he won a gold medal in 1852 for a painting on the subject of Samson and Delilah.To paint his most famous work, "The Wounded Cavalier", Burton was said to have dug a hole in the ground to stand in, so that he could paint the grass and ferns at eye level.