He produced a series of works for Ackermann & Co from 1840 beginning with four plates called "The Jolly Squire", with verses, after James Pollard.
Other engravings by Papprill appear in Hong Kong showing naval scenes in the harbour there circa 1860.
These engravings form part of the exhibition celebrating Hong Kong's return to China 1997.
In 1874 Papprill aquatinted the five original scenes of "Fores's Coaching Recollections" - "Changing Horses", "All Right" and "The Olden Times" which had been engraved in the 1840s by John Harris[1] after equestrian painter Charles Cooper Henderson.
[3]) These were followed with a series of Stable Scenes: "Mail Change", "Hunting Stud" and "The Team" in 1875.