Prunella Fraser (died 2016) was an architectural historian, writer, and archivist, and Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London. [1] She worked on the cataloguing of architectural drawings at the Royal Institute of British Architects. [2]
While working at the Royal Institute of British Architects, Fraser invented a fixed format to catalogue the RIBA drawings collection, which was further perfected by Jill Lever in her Catalogue Manual.The system has been in use since the 1960s. [2]
She was instrumental in organising The Burlington Collection, a gift of over 500 architectural prints and drawings including works by Palladio, Inigo Jones and Lord Burlington himself. [3] Out of this work, she curated a travelling exhibition with John Harris, curator of drawings at RIBA: the 1961 exhibition included fifty-four architectural drawings under the title “Architectural Drawings from the Collection of the Royal Institute of British Architects.” [2] [4]
A catalogue of the drawings by Inigo Jones 1573–1652, John Webb 1611–1672 and Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington 1694–1753 in the Burlington-Devonshire Collection, by Prunella Fraser and John Harris. Part 1 of Burlington-Devonshire collection, Royal Institute of British Architects, Sir Banister Fletcher Library Drawing Collection. [5]
Fraser contributed to the 1963 Survey of London: Volumes 31 and 32, St James Westminster, Part 2 published by London County Council. [6]
Prunella Fraser was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London in November 1990. [1]
She checked inscriptions on drawings at the Royal Institute of British Architects in preparation for a public lecture on William Talman, given by Margaret Whinney at the Courtauld Institute of Art in November 1954. [7]
In 1956 she introduced a discussion on British 18th-century drawings in the possession of the RIBA Library. [8]
A collection of Fraser's architectural photographs is held at the Courtauld Institute of Art's Conway Library, which is currently undergoing a digitisation process. [9]
Prunella Fraser, née Hodgson, was the only daughter of C. G. Hodgson, of St Albans. [10]
She married the architect, Simon Barron Fraser, [11] at Chelsea Old Church on 23 May 1959. [12]
She lived in Bristol in later life. [13] She died on 25 July 2016. [14]
Prunella Fraser (died 2016) was an architectural historian, writer, and archivist, and Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London. [1] She worked on the cataloguing of architectural drawings at the Royal Institute of British Architects. [2]
While working at the Royal Institute of British Architects, Fraser invented a fixed format to catalogue the RIBA drawings collection, which was further perfected by Jill Lever in her Catalogue Manual.The system has been in use since the 1960s. [2]
She was instrumental in organising The Burlington Collection, a gift of over 500 architectural prints and drawings including works by Palladio, Inigo Jones and Lord Burlington himself. [3] Out of this work, she curated a travelling exhibition with John Harris, curator of drawings at RIBA: the 1961 exhibition included fifty-four architectural drawings under the title “Architectural Drawings from the Collection of the Royal Institute of British Architects.” [2] [4]
A catalogue of the drawings by Inigo Jones 1573–1652, John Webb 1611–1672 and Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington 1694–1753 in the Burlington-Devonshire Collection, by Prunella Fraser and John Harris. Part 1 of Burlington-Devonshire collection, Royal Institute of British Architects, Sir Banister Fletcher Library Drawing Collection. [5]
Fraser contributed to the 1963 Survey of London: Volumes 31 and 32, St James Westminster, Part 2 published by London County Council. [6]
Prunella Fraser was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London in November 1990. [1]
She checked inscriptions on drawings at the Royal Institute of British Architects in preparation for a public lecture on William Talman, given by Margaret Whinney at the Courtauld Institute of Art in November 1954. [7]
In 1956 she introduced a discussion on British 18th-century drawings in the possession of the RIBA Library. [8]
A collection of Fraser's architectural photographs is held at the Courtauld Institute of Art's Conway Library, which is currently undergoing a digitisation process. [9]
Prunella Fraser, née Hodgson, was the only daughter of C. G. Hodgson, of St Albans. [10]
She married the architect, Simon Barron Fraser, [11] at Chelsea Old Church on 23 May 1959. [12]
She lived in Bristol in later life. [13] She died on 25 July 2016. [14]