Born in London, the son of a piano teacher named Richard Huddleston Potter, Cipriani was named after his godmother (a sister of Giovanni Battista Cipriani).
Capriani made some engravings, including "The Death of Cleopatra," after Benvenuto Cellini; "The Descent of the Holy Ghost," after Gabbiani; and portraits for Thomas Hollis's memoirs, 1780.
His most important acquisition was a painting of the ‘heavenly twins’ Castor and Pollux by Giovanni Battista Cipriani.
Don Giovanni | Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina | Giovanni Bellini | Giovanni Riggi | Giovanni Boccaccio | Giovanni Battista Pergolesi | Giovanni Battista Tiepolo | Giovanni Battista Guarini | Giovanni | Giovanni Trapattoni | Giovanni "John the Eagle" Riggi | Giovanni Gabrieli | Leon Battista Alberti | Giovanni Falcone | Villa San Giovanni | San Giovanni in Persiceto | Giovanni Verga | Giovanni van Bronckhorst | Giovanni Tamagno | Giovanni Pacini | Giovanni Battista Pescetti | Giovanni Papini | Giovanni Hidalgo | Giovanni Domenico Cassini | Giovanni de' Medici | Giovanni Bottesini | Giovanni Battista Riccioli | Amilcare Cipriani | Giovanni Zenatello | Giovanni Visconti |
Biographical details are almost entirely lacking, but like Cipriani he was brought, or attracted, to England by Robert Adam after his famous continental tour.