Bonhams 1793 : BLAKE'S PATRON THOMAS BUTTS and GEORGE III, 3 commissions, manuscripts and ephemera sewn into a folder, 1798-1830

Commissions issued by George III and George IV to George Collard of the Royal East India Company Volunteers, the first, signed by George III, appointing him lieutenant (26 June 1798); the second, also signed by George III, appointing him captain of the Third Regiment (17 October 1805); the third issued in the absence of George IV, signed by the Lords Justices including Wellington, appointing him captain of the infantry (9 October 1820), sewn into a folder with manuscripts and printed ephemera relating to Collard's service, commissions on vellum, seals, some foxing an staining, green boards, worn, folio, 1798-1820

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Footnotes

The second of these commissions, dated just before Trafalgar, has been counter-signed by Thomas Butts, the great patron, correspondent and friend of William Blake described by Gilchrist as 'the only large buyer the artist ever had' in his capacity as joint chief clerk in the office of the Commissary General of Musters (the department responsible for military pay): "Entered with the Commissary General of Musters/ Tho: Butts".

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