1849 First exhibited at the National Academy of Design
1850 Studied with Jasper F. Cropsey; exhibited at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia
1851 First sketching trip in the White Mountains
1858 First exhibited at the Boston Athenaeum
1859 Elected Associate of the National Academy of Design
1861 Elected Academician of the National Academy of Design; first exhibited at the Brooklyn Art Association
1867 Spent summer at Lancaster, New Hampshire, with artist James M. Hart and wife
1873–76 Painted with Cropsey (in New York)
1876 Won medal at the U.S. Centennial Exposition, Philadelphia; painted The Old Man of the Mountain, Franconia Notch, N.H.; now on display at the New Hampshire State House
1877 Exhibited at the Paris Salon
1878 Won medal from the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association