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
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
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 25 Jun 2022]