His masterpiece is said to be the 17th century-style recumbent figure of George Rush in the parish church in Farthinghoe.
[1] The figure shows Rush in old age, lying with his slippers on, clutching a Bible and staring to heaven.
His style has been described as "pseudo-Classical"[2] and is typified by much folded drapery and an overall pattern of white (usually a draped funerary urn or casket) against a black background.
He was born in Bristol, the son of Philip Regnart (1739–1805), a carver and statue maker from Flanders[3] who had worked under Thomas Ricketts of Gloucester, and who claimed descent from the Gothic chief Raginhart who sacked Rome with Alaric.
[4] Regnart married Esther Hunter of Hexham at Little Mary-la-Bonne Church in London, with whom he had one son, Charles, born in 1796.