As a youth, he evinced a taste for drawing, and was advised by Sir Joshua Reynolds to enter the Royal Academy as a student, but in 1787 he was placed in Hookham's publishing house.
He evinced a taste for drawing. This was as a youth. He was advised by Sir Joshua Reynolds. This was as a youth. This was to enter the Royal Academy as a student. He was placed in Hookham's publishing house. This was in 1787.