shillings and pence as well as in the new decimal system
it is beautifully evocative of the fine art of French dining and the era
After McManus died in 1941
the year of an Exposition Universelle – or World’s Fair – in Paris
a famous entertainer and illustrator of the period
Figureheads, Cunard RMS Berengaria, 1929 Mission shillings and pence as wellThis illustration, by famed naval artist William McDowell (1888 1950), shows figureheads from some of the more prominent ships throughout history, from a Roman attack boat, all the way to the Cutty Sark, which currently sits next to the river Thames at Greenwich, and operates as a tourist attraction. In its day, the RMS Berengaria was the pride of the Cunard fleet and sailed from the English port of Southampton to New York. It was known as the happy