Frederick Charles Maisey (1825–1892) was an English army officer, archaeological surveyor and painter, active in India.[2][1] His main painting technique was pen and ink, and watercolour.[1]
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Early life
Maisey was son of Thomas Maisey (1787-1840), of Portland Place, Marylebone, London, a painter and lithographer- sometime drawing master at schools in Cheam and in Kensington-[3] who exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts and was a founding member (treasurer),[4] later president,[5] of the New Watercolour Society.[6][7][8]
Career
Maisey was a lieutenant in the British Army circa 1850 in the Bengal Native Infantry, and participated to the British exploration of India.[2][9]Maisey was in charge of the excavation of Sanchi in 1851, working with fellow English officer Alexander Cunningham.[1] In 1852 he also made the earliest painting of the Temples at Khajuraho.[10]
Maisey reached the rank of General on December 1, 1888.[2][11]
His son, also Frederick Charles Maisey, born on 7 July 1851, became a lieutenant-colonel in the British Army.[citation needed]
Works
- 5th century Bhima pillar, Eran. Watercolor by F.C. Maisey, 1850
- Relics discovered in the excavation of Sanchi Stupa No.2
See also
References
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