Dee ihe na-esote paragraf a - Ọ laghachiri England mgbe afọ anọ gachara n'Itali na South Africa, e gosikwara ọrụ ya ma nabata ya nke ọma na Royal Academy of Arts. Mgbe ya na di ya kwagara United States, Nicholls gosipụtara ọrụ ya na Society of American Artists. O gosipụtara ọrụ ya na Obí nke Fine Arts na Ụlọ Nwanyi
na 1893 World's Columbian Exposition na Chicago, Illinois. O nwetara ihe nrite na Europe na United States, gụnyere Chicago World's Fair, ihe nrite ọlaọcha na Boston na 1885 maka "Venetian Sunlight", na ihe nrite ọlaedo na American Art Association nke New York maka "Ndị mgbede mgbede". Ewezuga Chicago World's Fair, Nicholls nwetara ihe nrite n'ọtụtụ ihe ngosi n'etiti 1893 na 1904. Ọ na-ahọrọ ịrụ ọrụ na mmanụ ma merie nsọpụrụ kachasị elu maka eserese mmanụ ya. Mgbe o bichara n'obodo ahụ ruo afọ asatọ, a kọwara ya dị ka "otu n'ime ndị na-ese ihe a kasị mara amara na New York".