The archive of a barrister who defended Penguin Books over its publication of Lady Chatterley’s Lover is among objects worth almost £65 million accepted for the nation in lieu of tax this year.
The total value of items accepted through the Acceptance in Lieu and Culture Gift Schemes is at a record high, organisers said, settling tax of £40 million.
The archive of Jeremy Hutchinson, Baron Hutchinson of Lullington QC, includes letters, manuscripts, photographs and legal papers.
The Dam Square With A View Of The Stadhuis by Dutch artist Jan ten Compe, an item accepted through the scheme (Sotheby’s/PA)