Interview between Henry VIII and Francis I at Calais; for this drawing, which occupied him six months, he received 110 guineas. He was also employed by Lord Bessborough to repair a ceiling painted by Sir James Thornhill at Roehampton, by Mr. Bell on designs for his Shakespeare and other publications, and by Robert Udny. Udny gave him support to visit Italy, and he left for Rome in July 1775, returning in September 1776.

In 1781 he obtained a premium for landscape,