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Culture Minister Ed Vaizey took the decisions following recommendations by the Reviewing Committee on the Export of Works of Art and Objects of Cultural Interest (RCEWA), administered by .

Bentley Blower

皇冠体育app single-seater Bentley racing car known as a 鈥楤entley Blower鈥�, was originally designed, owned and raced by , one of the most effusive figures in British racing who enjoyed a super-star status comparable to that of some modern-day Formula 1 drivers. Birkin and the racer were the darlings of Brooklands, widely regarded as the heart of the pre-war motor racing scene in the UK. 皇冠体育app car still holds the record for the fastest of all production-based racers at that track.

皇冠体育app temporary export bar placed on the Bentley provides a last chance to raise the 拢5,149,800 needed to keep it in the UK.

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Jane Austen ring

皇冠体育app beautiful gold and turquoise ring is one of only 3 pieces of jewellery in existence known to have belonged to Jane Austen (1775-1817). 皇冠体育app ring is accompanied by papers documenting its history within Jane Austen鈥檚 family, which reveal it passed firstly to her sister Cassandra, who then gave it to her sister-in-law Eleanor Austen, second wife of the Revd. Henry Thomas Austen (brother of Jane and Cassandra). It has remained in the family ever since. 皇冠体育app temporary export bar placed on the ring provides a last chance to raise the 拢152,450 needed to keep it in the UK.

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James Wolfe archive

皇冠体育app archive is one of the most comprehensive series of letters from any significant military figure of the 18th century. , known as the 鈥楬ero of Quebec鈥� was a British Army officer remembered chiefly for his audacious victory over the French at the Battle of Quebec in Canada in 1759. This victory was a decisive moment in the Seven Years鈥� War which helped create the British Empire. Wolfe was killed during the conflict and his sacrifice inspired a massive wave of culturally significant paintings and artefacts.

皇冠体育app temporary export bar placed on the archive provides a last chance to raise the 拢900,000 needed to keep it in the UK.

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Baines records

皇冠体育app collection of paintings, drawings and additional material that document a 19th century British exploration of northern Australia. All the paintings, watercolours, drawings and the chart are by (1820-1875), an artist to a succession of British expeditions, initially to Australia and later in Africa, where he accompanied Livingstone. 皇冠体育app works were completed during the Gregory expedition to northern Australia in 1855-6. 皇冠体育appy entered the Royal Geographical Society鈥檚 collection on Baines鈥� return to the United Kingdom in 1857.

皇冠体育app temporary export bar placed on the records provides a last chance to raise the 拢4,200,000 needed to keep them in the UK.

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