Queen Mary 1947 Alistair K MacDonald Menu Art Knife and Fork the god of the west

the god of the west wind and a symbol of rebirth – revolutionised train travel in America in the 1930s

The hotel is now the Le Meridien Piccadilly

Buenos Aires was known as "the Paris of South America" in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and restaurants catered to the whims and desires of very wealthy clientele

Born in England in 1835

Queen Mary 1947 Alistair K MacDonald Menu Art Knife and Fork the god of the westThis glorious menu art is by Alistair K MacDonald (1880 1948). He was a prolific Scottish artist whose charming and detailed works appeared regularly in British and American periodicals in the first half of the 20th century. Born in Buenos Aires he grew up on the Isle of Skye and was much in demand from magazine publishers from the 1920s. He was also a successful book illustrator. MacDonald designed the cocktail and dinner menus for the Cunard White