 He engraved the illustrations to John Gilbert Cooper's "Life of Socrates" (1749), Robert Paltock's "The Life and Adventures of Peter Wilkins, a Cornish Man" (1750), and Richard Owen Cambridge's "Scribleriad" (1751).He executed many vignettes, designs, and portraits, among those one of Elizabeth Canning; and he is said to have been a humorist and a member of the Artists' Club.His wife was English; and he had a son of the same name and profession.