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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]