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Laurence Stephen Lowry (English, 1887-1977) THE CART, 1959 lithograph in colours; (no. 212 from an edition of 850) signed and dated in the plate; signed in pencil lower right in the margin; with Fine Arts Trade Guild blindstamp [CBB] lower left; titled and inscribed on John Magee label on reverse h:19.50  w:15.75 in. Provenance: John Magee, Belfast; Private collection Literature: Levy, Mervyn, The Paintings of L. S. Lowry Oils and Watercolours, Jupiter Books, London, 1978; catalogue no. 44 A possible memory of a jaunting car during one of his vists to Ireland. Lowry's great grandfather, Jacob Lowry, was a bootmaker from Belfast and Lowry was proud of his Irish roots. Ireland was the only country he ever travelled to, outside of Britain. Pat Cooke (1935-2000) was a protegé of Lowry's and often travelled with him: 'He adored Ireland from the very first moment; he was enthusing as we came into Dún Laoghaire, standing on the prow of the boat as he had all through the journey, with his hat plonked on his head and the brim rippling in the wind like a wave. And he didn't stop enthusing the whole week. He loved the buildings, the individual eccentricity of people and places.' Lowry made several pictures of Ireland dated from 1956 to 1970, including scenes in Dublin, Skerries, Drogheda and Belfast.