Background
Fraser was born in Edinburgh on 7 April 1786. His father was Alexander Fraser, a grocer, and his mother, Madgalane Davie.
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Alexander Fraser
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He studied painting under John Graham (1754-1817) at the Trustees Drawing Academy of Edinburgh.
Career
His fellow pupils included William Allan (1782–1850), John Burnet (1784–1868), and David Wilkie (1785–1841). He began exhibiting at the Royal Academy in 1810 and moved to London in 1813. David Wilkie had preceded him to London and he employed Fraser as an assistant to paint details and still life in his pictures.
Of Wilkie"s many followers, Fraser was the most capable.
Many of his paintings were humorous and on a small scale, for example, The Scotch Fair (c 1834) or Music Makers. In 1842, his Naaman Cured of the Leprosy obtained the premium at the British Institution for best picture of the year.
From 1848, ill-health prevented him from painting and he ceased exhibiting at the Royal Academy. He died at Wood Green, Hornsey, London on 15 February 1865.
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