He did the engraving for the 1896 Educational Series one-dollar bill: History Instructing Youth.

When he was nine years old he emigrated to the United States with his family.

[2] In 1859 he began work as an apprentice engraver for the American Banknote Company.

[1] He engraved the portrait of New York Governor William L. Marcy for the United States one-thousand-dollar bill.

[4] He did the engraving for the obverse of the United States one-dollar bill for the 1896 Educational Series: History Instructing Youth.