[1] He was a pupil of Francesco Bartolozzi and one of the band of stipple-engravers who worked under that artist.
He engraved some plates after John Boydell, Robert Smirke, and Thomas Stothard, for Boydell's 'Shakespeare Gallery,' and a great number of plates after Angelica Kauffmann, William Hamilton, William Redmore Bigg, Richard Westall, Thomas Stothard, and others.
He was also largely employed in engraving portraits, including those for Thane's 'Illustrious British Characters.'
His wife Mary Ogborne, appears on two plates after William Hamilton, and may have assisted him in other works.
Ogborne also made topographical views using aquatint engraving techniques.