 Later, he worked for the Ministry of Internal Affairs and was appointed to His Imperial Majesty's Own Chancellery, where he worked from 1814 to 1841, where he achieved the rank of Court Councilor.In 1817, he was involved in creating "The Magic Lamp or a View of St. Petersburg Traders", for which he supplied forty etchings of scenes from everyday life.However, it wasn't until after his father went bankrupt that he took up art as a profession.