HC Deb 11 March 1987 vol 112 c177W
Mr. Buchan

asked the Minister for the Arts if he will list those items, paintings and objects, obtained in lieu of

Year Item Amount of Tax satisfied (£s) Recipient
1979–80 No items valued at over £250,000 accepted
1980–81 Hebrew manuscripts and tombstones 331,597 British Library; Brotherton Library,Leeds; John Rylands University Library of Manchester; Bodleian Library; Cambridge University Library; British Museum
1981–82 Six drawings by Michaelangelo and Breugel 628,887 Home House Society (at the Courtauld Institute)
"The Betrayal of Christ" by Sir Anthony Van Dyck 702,635 Bristol City Council (at Corsham Court)
1982–83 Godman collection of Islamic pottery 1,750,000 British Museum
Double-sided drawing of the "Virgin and Child" by Albrecht Darer 259,492 British Museum
1983–84 Two paintings by Canaletto 312,098 Manchester City Art Gallery
1984–85 Calke Abbey (house, land and contents) 2,584,000 National Trust
"La Pensée" by Renoir 646,350 Barber Institute
1985–86 Chattels at Mount Edgecumbe 327,132 Plymouth City and Cornwall City Council
Archive from the Dukes of Portland and Newcastle 1,367,600 Not yet allocated
1986–87 Moorlands in Staffordshire 580,500 Peak Park Joint Planning Board
"Portrait of a Man" by Van der Weyden 467,500 Home House Trustees (at the Courtauld Institute)
"Madonna and Child" by Giovanni Bellini 725,000 Ashmolean Museum

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