Initially sold to American collector Allan Davisson for £ 230, 000 at an auction held by Spink auction house in October of that year, the British Government subsequently put in place an export ban in the hope of saving it for the British public.

Initially sold to American collector Allan Davisson for £ 230, 000 at an auction held by Spink auction house in October of that year, the British Government subsequently put in place an export ban in the hope of saving it for the British public.

Initially named " Digital European Cordless Telephone " at its launch by CEPT in November 1987, following a suggestion by Enrico Tosato of Italy, its name was soon changed to " Digital European Cordless Telecommunications " to reflect its broader range of application, including data services.

Initially in medieval Latin European documents, a land grant in exchange for service was called a beneficium ( Latin ).

Initially developed to facilitate payments within the European Union, it has now also been implemented by most European countries and many other countries, especially in the Middle East and in the Caribbean.

Initially discovered by Ferdinand Magellan's expedition in 1520, the islands were not settled by people of European descent until the second half of the 19th century at the height of the sheep farming and gold rush booms.

Initially modeled on the Anglican ideals of older, European institutions, the University of New Brunswick was founded in 1785 as the Academy of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

Initially the European football union was accounted for 25 members which later doubled by the early 1990s.

Initially the CAP sought to increase European agricultural production and provide support to European farmers through a process of market intervention whereby a special fund-the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund ( EAGGF )-would buy up surplus agricultural produce if the price fell below a certain centrally determined level ( the intervention level ).

Initially it was just one of the many dances, but it soon became popular throughout society, as theatres and street barrel organs spread it from the suburbs to the working-class slums, which were packed with hundreds of thousands of European immigrants, primarily Italians, Spanish and French.

Initially set up in Germany in 1935, Lebensborn expanded into several occupied European countries during the Second World War.

Initially Kertész took on commissioned work for several European magazines, gaining publication of his work in Germany, France, Italy and Great Britain.

Initially, the company looked at various other Ford products such as the Ford Taurus, Mazda 929, and the European Scorpio as replacements for the Falcon.

Initially, he was a member of the ( now Socialist ) Campaign Group, but he left the faction when he reversed his hostility to the ( then ) European Commission in the late ' eighties.

Initially considered to be European rather than English or Scottish, after the First World War it became more prevalent in England in badges of coats relating to the Royal Air Force, or the arms of those with some RAF connection.

Initially, Fox appeared to promote the show to its American audience as a massive practical joke played on some snobby European women, who were shown nursing champagne-induced hangovers and depicted as turning up their noses at assimilating the lifestyle of an American cowboy.

Initially consisting of nine European countries and three others, today the WDC has become the leading authority on professional dance competitions, with members in numerous countries throughout the world.

Initially, Wozzeck established a solid place for itself in the mainstream operatic tradition and quickly became so well-established in the repertoire of the major European opera houses that Berg found himself able to live a comfortable life off the royalties.

Initially dubbed " Eurbank dollars " after the bank's telex address, they eventually became known as " eurodollars " as such deposits were at first held mostly by European banks and financial institutions.

Initially, Juventus were stripped of their titles in 2004-05 and 2005 – 06, all four clubs were barred from European club competition in 2006-07, and all except Milan were forcibly relegated to Serie B.

Initially, even when written by the creole population of Cuba, who opposed the ruling hierarchy, the music retained its European style of " intricate melodies, and dark, enigmatic and elaborate lyrics " ( Orovio ).

Initially he withdrew to Tuscany, but was enticed by an offer from the Metropolitan Museum of Art to head its department of European painting, and moved to New York.

Initially opening an art gallery on Madison Avenue which showed work by Higgins, Ono, Jonas Mekas, Ray Johnson, Flynt and Young, he moved to Wiesbaden, West Germany having taken a job as a graphic designer with the US Air Force in late 1961 after the gallery had gone bust.

Initially, the strip was almost completely composed of actual vintage clip art and magazine cutouts, assembled collage-style and often manipulated and retouched.

Initially, slash art was mostly used in covers and interior pages of fanzines, and sold to other fans at media and slash conventions.

Initially a group of friends interested in contemporary art and literature, most of them studied at the private art school of Rodolphe Julian ( Académie Julian ) in Paris in the late 1880s.

Initially, the age of the paintings had been a contentious issue, since methods like radiocarbon dating can be misled by contaminated samples of older or newer material, and caves and rocky overhangs ( parietal art ) are typically littered with debris from many time periods.

Initially, the former Parliament House was used for a variety of purposes, including being used as a military garrison and an art gallery.

Initially, art production was relegated to fulltime artists.

Initially, Nerdrum's declaration was thought to be a joke but later, and with the publication of articles and books on the subject, Nerdrum's position can be seen as an implied criticism of contemporary art.

Initially used to stage plays and folk art form, it was later converted to a cinema hall.

Ashkal Alwan, The Lebanese association for plastic arts and a platform for the creation and exchange of artistic practices. It was founded by Christine Tohme, Marwan Rechmaoui, Rania Tabbara, Mustapha Yamout and Leila Mroueh Initially, Ashkal Alwan promoted and introduced the work of artists who have been engaged in critical art practices within the context of post-war Lebanon.

Initially dominated by the children of the Black Power movement, changes came in the 1990s with the younger artistes adopting the art form, most significantly the bands Kindred and 3 Canal.

Initially, Frischmann had wanted to pursue art, but after her father expressed doubts, she attended Bartlett School of Architecture at University College London, where she spent six years studying architecture.

Initially very annoyed of Zack's " stalking ", she starts to warm up to him after being impressed by his improvised on-stage art performance under pressure at Jester Theater, and the mutual feeling between them begins to strengthen after she gradually opens up.

Initially the museum focused on Asian folk art, but soon expanded its programming to reflect the diversity of the local community.

Initially tutored by his father, he went to the Royal Academy Schools early in 1808, but in the same year, after a disagreement about his art studies, ran away to sea as a Midshipman in the Royal Navy.

Initially, she had hoped to be an artist and studied art as a teenager.

Initially it was intertwined with various forms of art music, however, in the late 19th century it began to take on a life of its own with the rise in popularity of folkloric ensembles, such as the folk choir movement led by Mitrofan Pyatnitsky and the Russian folk instrument movement pioneered by Vasily Andreyev.

Initially released in 1974, it focuses on Elmyr de Hory's recounting of his career as a professional art forger ; de Hory's story serves as the backdrop for a fast-paced, meandering investigation of the natures of authorship and authenticity, as well as the basis of the value of art.

Initially formed by students and known as MOLPOSNOVIS, the group formed to explore and develop new theories and concepts in art.

Initially the kingdom was evangelized by monks from the Celtic Church, which led to a flowering of monastic life, and Northumbria played an important role in the formation of Insular art, a unique style combining Anglo-Saxon, Celtic, Byzantine and other elements.

Initially the 1. 3 L HCS, 1. 4 L and 1. 6 L CVH petrol and 1. 8 L diesel units were carried over from the old model, and were starting to show their age in terms of refinement especially compared to Rover's state of the art K-Series engine launched in 1989.