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William Fraser

Active: 1890 - 1950

Function: sculptor / marble cutters / granite works

Policy: Advertised as Sculptor using Aberdeen and Peterhead Granite monuments. Also marble and freestone. Services included cleaning of monuments and carved inscriptions. 'Architects' designs correctly executed, Estimates and Designs on application, free of charge'
c.1920 advertised new machinery for cutting and polishing granite and marble, offering Monumental work at a 'much reduced price'.

Locations

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Yard located at Dean Sculpture Works Dean Path Edinburgh | View on map
1890 (Circa) - 1900
p. 583 Listed under 'Marble Cutters'

Yard located at Musselburgh Railway Station Edinburgh | View on map
1890 (Circa)
p. 583 Listed under Marble Cutters

Institutional and Business Connections

Incorporated into Stewart McGlashen & Son Ltd.
1930 (Circa)
p. 1173 Listed under Monumental Sculptors

Descriptions of Business or Institution

Listed under Architectural Ornament Manufacturers Edinburgh & Leith Post Office Directory 1890-1891
p. 583 Listed under 'Marble Cutters'

Listed under Monumental Sculptors Edinburgh & Leith Post Office Directory 1890-1891
p. 601 Listed under 'Sculptors'

Listed under Monumental Sculptors Edinburgh & Leith Post Office Directory 1900-1901
p. 748 Listed under Sculptors

Listed under Monumental Sculptors Edinburgh & Leith Post Office Directory 1910-1911
p. 964

Listed under Monumental Sculptors Edinburgh & Leith Post Office Directory 1920-1921
p. 860

Listed under Monumental Sculptors Edinburgh & Leith Post Office Directory 1930-1931
p. 1205 Listed under Sculptors

Listed under Monumental Sculptors Edinburgh & Leith Post Office Directory 1940-1941
p. 1098 Listed under Sculptors

Listed under Monumental Sculptors Edinburgh & Leith Post Office Directory 1950-1951
p. 1067 Listed under Sculptors

Listed under Stone Carvers Edinburgh & Leith Post Office Directory 1900-1901
p. 724 Listed under Marble Cutters

Listed under Stone Carvers Edinburgh & Leith Post Office Directory 1910-1911
p. 912 Listed under 'Granite workers and polishers'

Listed under Stone Carvers Edinburgh & Leith Post Office Directory 1920-1921
p. 811 Listed under Granite Workers and Polishers P. 832 Listed under Marble Cutters

Listed under Stone Carvers Edinburgh & Leith Post Office Directory 1930-1931
p. 1142 Listed under Granite Workers and Polishers p. 1169 Listed under Marble Cutters

Listed under Stone Carvers Edinburgh & Leith Post Office Directory 1940-1941
p. 1050 Listed under Granite Workers and Polishers p. 1070 Listed under Marble Cutters

Listed under Stone Carvers Edinburgh & Leith Post Office Directory 1950-1951
p. 1016 Listed under Granite Workers and Polishers

Listed under Stone Carvers Edinburgh & Leith Post Office Directory 1950-1951
p. 1035 Listed under Marble Cutters

Listed under Stone Carvers Edinburgh & Leith Post Office Directory 1910-1911
1910 (Circa)
p. 939 Listed under 'Marble Cutters'

Listed under Stone Yards Edinburgh & Leith Post Office Directory 1900-1901
p. 702 Listed under Granite Workers and Polishers

Publications

Advertised in Edinburgh & Leith Post Office Directory 1890-1891

Advertised in Edinburgh & Leith Post Office Directory 1900-1901
p. 702 Listed under Granite Workers and Polishers

Advertised in Edinburgh & Leith Post Office Directory 1910-1911
p. 912 Listed under 'Granite workers and polishers'

Advertised in Edinburgh & Leith Post Office Directory 1910-1911
p. 939 Listed under 'Marble Cutters'

Advertised in Edinburgh & Leith Post Office Directory 1920-1921
p. 811 Listed under Granite Workers and Polishers

Sources

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Edinburgh & Leith Post Office Directory 1890-1891
1890 (Circa)
p. 583 Listed under 'Marble Cutters' p. 601 Listed under 'Sculptors'

Edinburgh & Leith Post Office Directory 1900-1901
May 1900
p. 702 Listed under Granite Workers and Polishers

Edinburgh & Leith Post Office Directory 1910-1911
1910
p. 912 Listed under 'Granite workers and polishers'

Edinburgh & Leith Post Office Directory 1920-1921
1920
p. 811

Edinburgh & Leith Post Office Directory 1930-1931
1930
p. 1142 Listed under Granite Workers and Polishers p. 1169 Listed under Marble Cutters p. 1205 Listed under Sculptors

Edinburgh & Leith Post Office Directory 1940-1941
1940
p. 1050 Listed under Granite Workers and Polishers p. 1070 Listed under Marble Cutters

Edinburgh & Leith Post Office Directory 1950-1951
1950
p. 1016 Listed under Granite Workers and Polishers

Citing this record

'William Fraser', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/organization.php?id=msib6_1215781613, accessed 12 Jun 2021]

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