 He exhibited there for the last time in 1878, showing "A Sandy Hillside"

He was an enthusiastic member of Edward Irving's Catholic Apostolic church.His wife, who died before him, exhibited a few pictures of domestic subjects at the British Institution and elsewhere between 1832 and 1837.Knight died at 24 Maida Hill West, London, on 26 March 1881, and was buried in Kensal Green cemetery.