| Birth | Abt Jul 1851 | Birmingham, West Midlands, England | | | |
| Baptism | 12 Jul 1851 | in Holy Trinity parish by S. Davies, curate, - Coventry, Warwickshire, England | | | |
| Residence | 1851 | with his parents - West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England | | | |
| Residence | 1861 | with his parents and attended school - Birmingham, Warwickshire, England | | | |
| Education | Bef 1870 | the Birmingham School of Art - Birmingham, Warwickshire, England | | | |
| Education | Bef 1870 | the Birmingham School of Art - Birmingham, Warwickshire, England | | | |
| Education | Bef Jul 1871 | Royal Collage of Art where he attained distinction - South Kensington, London, England | | | |
| Occupation | 7 Jul 1871 | school art teacher - Leicester, Leicestershire, England | | | |
| Residence | 7 Jul 1871 | at 24 Nelson Street as a lodger in the household of Ann Ellis, a "letter of apartments," - Leicester, Leicestershire, England | | | |
| Occupation | From Jul 1875 to Mar 1878 | assistant principal of the Nottingham School of Art on Commerce Street - Nottingham, England | | | |
| Residence | 6 May 1878 | as a tenant at the Bromley House with Richard Hardy and was employed with THe School of Arts - Nottingham, England | | | |
| Residence | Nov 1879 | at the Bromley House and paid a rent of 15 lbs - Nottingham, England | | | |
| Residence | 1880 | and shared a studio with James McNeill Whistler, probably in the Ca' Rezzonico, - Venice, Italy | | | |
| Miscellaneous | 1881 - 1893 | | | | |
| Miscellaneous | 1881 | painted "The Fish Market," an oil on canvas - Venice, Italy | | | |
| Occupation | Jul 1887 | Principal of the Government School of Art - Calcutta, Bengal, India | | | |
| Marriage | 5 Sep 1889 | Calcutta, Bengal, India - Jeanette Shepherd HAUSER | | | |
| Occupation | | director of the Indian Art School - Calcutta, Bengal, India | | | |
| Death | 1895 | aboard a ship enroute to England after being "invalided" from his post in India | | | |
| Miscellaneous | 1907 | The Fish Market acquired by Nottingham City Museums from Wm Windle property/Neale & Son Auctioneers - England | | | |