[1] He was at first engaged in the mercantile profession and for several years represented a large firm in their establishment at Gibraltar.
When that place and its garrison were visited by the plague his health suffered so much that he was with difficulty brought home to England.
This was about 1813 and during his convalescence he accidentally discovered a talent for drawing which was encouraged by his brother, J. W. Faulkner, an artist of some merit.
His contributions were usually portraits, but he occasionally painted studies of natural objects.
Besides painting, Faulkner was an accomplished musician, and was for some time organist at Irving's church in Hatton Garden.