Alexander George Fraser

Alexander George Fraser (1786–1865) was a Scottish genre and domestic painter who exhibited his paintings at the Royal Academy in London for many years.

David Wilkie had preceded him to London and he employed Fraser as an assistant to paint details and still life in his pictures.

In 1840, Fraser was elected an associate of the Royal Scottish Academy, an institution he had helped to found.

In 1842, his Naaman Cured of the Leprosy obtained the premium at the British Institution for best picture of the year.

He died at Wood Green, Hornsey, London on 15 February 1865[1] and was buried in a common grave on the eastern side of Highgate Cemetery (plot no.

The Scotch Fair (c. 1834) The background of the painting consists of a collation of features to be found in St Andrews , St Monans and Culross . [ 3 ]