SIR JOHN LAVERY (IRISH 1856-1941)THE DINING ROOM AT LENNOXLOVEOil on canvasSigned (lower right); titled, inscribed and dated 1921 (verso)67 x 80cm (26¼ x 31¼ in.)Provenance:The Fine Art Society, Ltd., London (August 1973, stock no. 115/5728)The present work is one of two known Lennoxlove interiors, painted in September of 1921 when Lavery stayed at Westerdunes, the golfing retreat of Sir Patrick Ford MP at North Berwick. It depicts the dining room of Lennoxlove House, situated just outside Haddington, East Lothian in Scotland. At the time of painting, the estate was owned by the Baird family before being sold in 1946 to Duke and Duchess of Hamilton. The house is currently home to Alexander, the 16th Duke of Hamilton and his family. Lavery travelled widely in East Lothian during this period, painting landscapes, garden views and interiors at Lennoxlove, Tynninghame and Gullane as well as on the Links. This may have been one of the works acquired by Conrad Ackner, Lavery's dentist (see Kenneth McConkey, Sir John Lavery's The Dentist, (Conrad Ackner and his Patient), British Dental Journal, January 2011, vol. 210, no 2, pp. 81-85). Ackner owned one of the two pictures, including a Lennoxlove interior, during the inter-war period.We are grateful to Professor Kenneth McConkey for his kind assistance in preparing this catalogue note.