The work, which depicts workers enjoying a day off, is expected to sell for up to £1m A painting by LS Lowry that was lost to the art world for more than seven decades has been unearthed.

was bought at auction for £7.8m by Salford’s Lowry gallery in 2022. It followed calls for the 1953 painting to remain on public view near the artist's former home in the city. The painting will ...