§ Mr. Fauldsasked the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State answering in respect of the Arts whether he will list the items for which the issuing of export licences was withheld on the recommendations of the reviewing committee on the export of works of art during the half year ended 30 June, specifying in each case the valuation and whether an item was eventually exported or retained, with particulars in the latter event of the acquiring institutions; and whether he will list any items for which licences have been withheld but the final disposal of which is not decided, specifying in each case (a) the valuation and (b) the relevant time limit.
§ Mr. WaldegraveDetails are given in the table. Valuations have been omitted in two cases because of the owners' wishes that these should remain confidential
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Description Valuation Outcome £ A drawing by Rembrandt "A view on the Amstel" 668,160 Licence suspended for four months. Purchased by the British Museum. A drawing by Rubens "A man threshing beside a wagon" 779,520 Licence suspended for three months. Exported. A drawing by Raphael "St. Paul rending his garments" 1,556,800 Licence suspended for four months. Exported. A drawing by Raphael "Study for the Disputa" 670,000 Licence suspended for four months. Exported. 18th Century travelling canteen of Charles Edward Stuart 125,000 Licence suspended for three months. Purchased by The National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland. A drawing by Raphael "Study of a man's head and a hand" 3,603,600 Licence suspended for six months, subject to review. Exported after two months. Lippi et al: Drawings on a page of Vasari's "Libro de Disegni" 3,276,000 Licence suspended for six months, subject to review. Exported after two months. Drawing attributed to Titian: "Extensive landscape with a nude woman" 414,960 Licence suspended for three months. Exported. A drawing by Rubens "Three groups of Apostles in a Last Supper" 622,720 Licence suspended for three months. Exported. A drawing by Rembrandt "Two Thatched Cottages" 365,440 Licence suspended for three months. Exported. A drawing by Rembrandt "The Bulwark 'De Rose' and the Windmill 'De Smeerpot'" 522,640 Licence suspended for three months. Exported. A drawing by Rembrandt "A farmstead by a stream" 393,120 Licence suspended for three months. Exported. A drawing by Rembrandt "A sailing boat" 458,640 Licence suspended for three months. Exported. A drawing by Van Dyck "Study for the entombment" 262,080 Licence suspended for three months. Exported. The Farnley Book of Bird Studies by J. M. W. Turner 233,000 Licence suspended for four months. Purchased by Leeds City Art Gallery. Michael Sweerts "The Plague at Athens" 1,145,038 Licence suspended for three months. Exported. Four stereoscopic Daguerrotypes by Antoine Claude 12,000 Licence suspended for two months. Purchased by the Science Museum. A drawing by Rembrandt "A view of Houtewaal" 436,800 Licence suspended for two months. Exported. A Viking Sword in excavated condition 2,113 Licence suspended for three months. Purchased by Somerset County Museum. A long case year going clock by Henry Hindley 10,750 Licence suspended for three months. Purchased by York City Museum. A head figure of Meleager (also described as Actaeon with a hound) 14,000 Licence suspended for three months. Purchased by The Victoria and Albert Museum. Bronze statue of Mercury by Alessandro Vittoria — Licence suspended for three months. Exported. Beilby glass enamelled commemorative bowl 28,000 Licence suspended for three months. Purchased by Laing Art Gallery. A Mock Charter Manuscript Composed by Queen Elizabeth I 1591 29,166 Licence suspended for three months. Exported. Two Sèvres milk pails made for Marie Antoinette 143,000 Licences suspended for three months each until 12 September 1985. 172,000 Design for Woburn Abbey library ceiling by William Chambers 15,000 Licence suspended for three months until 28 August 1985. Mahogany Cabinet by Mackmurdo 25,000 Licence suspsended for two months until 28 July 1985 A painting by Mantegna "Adoration of the Magi" 8,247,500 Licence suspended for six months, until 12 December 1985, but subject to review after three months. Bust of Lord Chesterfield by Roubiliac — Licence suspended for four months until 12 October 1985.