 He is known for his painting "The Loss of the Scarborough Lifeboat", which occurred on 2 November 1861, a subject also painted by Henry Redmore, Ernest Roe and J. N. Carte.His work is in galleries in Birkenhead, Lincoln, Scarborough and Whitby.His painting "Scarborough from White Nabb", which is in Scarborough Art Gallery inspired Andrew Cheetham's "North Bay".