The sale of a painting by artist Constable for £ 22.4 million

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Painting dating back to 1824 and depicting rural life in East of England

The artist John Constable, "The Lock" one of the most expensive British paintings, where the price was £ 22.4 million painting at auction house Christie's "London".

Imagine painting dating back to 1824 rural life in Suffolk, eastern England.

The painting "The Lock" is displayed in the Museum "bornmiza" in Madrid. And Baroness Carmen Thyssen says accompanied by bornmiza that it was "very painful" sale of this painting, but had to do this step because of the financial crisis.

Museum conduct resigned Secretary Norman Rosenthal, protesting the sale of the painting, drawing criticism of Baroness to ask one of the most precious exhibit for sale.

The Baroness has got the Miss Spain, fifth wife and widow of businessman Baron Hans Heinrich Thyssen Swiss bonmiza.

The painting "The Lock" within art left behind spouse collectibles when spent in 2002.

During the announcement of the sale of a Constable in May last, the Baroness said that it had to because of the current economic crisis.

Francesca von Habsburg has expressed, daughter of Baroness's husband and member of the Board of Directors of the Museum, its refusal to sell the painting.

She told the daily mail: "did not show respect for my parents, the Baroness it places financial needs above everything else."

He was the first owner of the painting "The Lock" James maryson, bought the painting in the Gallery of the Royal Academy in 1824.

And one of the wealthiest merchants maryson became British in the nineteenth century and one of its works of art.

The painting remained in the possession of his predecessors until 1990.

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This step aims to reduce the number of deaths caused by road accidents caused by excessive intake of alcohol.

France began to apply a new law imposed on drivers in France put two devices for measuring alcohol in the body in the car, or pay a fine if they don't.

The aim of this step of the French Government to reduce the number of deaths caused by road accidents caused by excessive intake of alcohol.

The law requires all drivers carry a bullet-proof vest and warning box HD colors (phosphorescence).

The new requirements also apply to drivers of foreigners in France, with a time limit in the application of the comprehensive enforcement of law will continue until November.

In France every year and kills about 4,000 people in road accidents and driving under the influence of alcohol behind these incidents working President, even driving too quickly.

French authorities hope to pay a device to measure the alcohol in the body on each car of suspect driving the vehicle under the influence of alcohol to the tests themselves and refrain from driving if they have exceeded their proportion of alcohol allowed.

He said former French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who gave the green light to the new law, they hope to convert the new law without the death of about 500 people in road accidents every year.

Says the BBC's Hugh Schofield in Paris that the device comes in two types, one electronic price scale you can use GAL several times, the second scale chemical is cheap.

Our correspondent adds that will be processing tens of millions of these devices to meet demand as a result of the application of the new law, however, there are now scarce in these organs, and this was one of the reasons behind the scarcity four months notice given to the application of the law to everyone.

Our correspondent notes that the new law represents a profitable mine is great for manufacturers of these devices, there are only two factories in France to manufacture.

In contrast, groups and unions opposed the move saying that drivers "imposed on France by intelligent industrial lobby."

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