He studied at the Nottingham School of Art and the Royal College of Art in London. His first important commission was for the figures of  J. M. W. Turner and Richard Cosway for the facade of the Victoria and Albert Museum in 1901.
He attended the Nottingham School of Art and the Royal College of Art in London, where he was commissioned to create figures of J.M.W. Turner and Richard Cosway for the facade of the Victoria and Albert Museum in 1901.