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In 1975 he was awarded two honorary Doctor of Letters degrees by the Universities of [[University of Salford|Salford]] and [[University of Liverpool|Liverpool]]. In 1964, the art world celebrated his 77th birthday with an exhibition of his work and that of 25 contemporary artists who had submitted tributes at Monk's Hall Museum, [[Eccles, Greater Manchester|Eccles]]. [[The Hallé]] orchestra performed a concert in his honour and Prime Minister [[Harold Wilson]] used Lowry's painting ''The Pond'' as his official Christmas card. Lowry's painting ''Coming Out of School'' was depicted on a postage stamp of highest denomination in a series issued by the Post Office depicting great British artists in 1968.<ref name="M.E.N."/>
Lowry twice declined appointment to the [[Order of the British Empire]]: as an Officer (OBE) in 1955, and as a Commander (CBE) in 1961, Lowry saying "There seemed little point.. once mother was dead" (as seen in the end credits of the movie [[Mrs Lowry & Son
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