Menu Card, Portfolio of Menu Cards and Letters Relating to the Khayyam Club
Artist
James McBey
(Newburgh, Scotland, 1883 - 1959)
AssociatedAssociated with
The Omar Khayyam Club
AssociatedAssociated with
Philip Guedalla
AssociatedAssociated with
Laurence J. Cadbury
AssociatedAssociated with
Martin Hardie
(London, England, 1875 - 1952)
AssociatedAssociated with
Sir Thomas Horder, 1st Baron Horder
(Shaftesbury, England, 1871 - 1955)
AssociatedAssociated with
Sir William Arbuthnot Lane
(Fort George, Inverness, Scotland, 1856 - 1943)
AssociatedAssociated with
Edward Verrall Lucas
AssociatedAssociated with
Professor R H A Plimmer
AssociatedAssociated with
Sir Malcolm Seton
AssociatedAssociated with
Ralph Straus
AssociatedAssociated with
E. V. Knox
Date1929
Object NameMenu Card
Mediumpaper
ClassificationsMcBey
DimensionsOpen: 21.6 x 35.2cm
Closed: 21.6 x 17.6cm
Closed: 21.6 x 17.6cm
AcquisitionPresented in 1988 by Mrs Marguerite McBey.
Copyright© Aberdeen City Council (McBey Collection)
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG008362.9
Keywords
There are four copies of the menu card within the record. On one of the pages there is a "Supplementary Rubiyat of Omar Khayyam", by "EVOE", a pseudonym for the poet Edmund George Valpy Knox (E.V. Knox).
The dinner featured notable British politicians, diplomats and artists such as:
Philip Guedalla (writer and politician)
Martin Hardie (artist)
John Henderson (politician)
Sir W. Arbuthnot Lane (surgeon)
Bohun Lynch (historian)
James McBey
Edward Verrall Lucas (who regularly corresponded with James McBey)
R.H. Marsh
Dr R.H.A. Plimmer (later Professor)
Arthur R. Ropes (also known as Adrian Ross; lyricist)
Michael Sadleir (novelist and book collector)
Sir Malcolm Seton
Ralph Straus
Laurence J. Cadbury (who succeeded his brother to take over the Cadbury Chocolate Firm)
Sir Thomas Horder (physician)
E.V. Knox (also known as Edmund George Valpy Knox, or EVOE)
Established in 1892, the Omar Khayyam Club of London was set up for the purpose of appreciating good company, good food, and the works of Omar Khayyam. Many well-known authors and artists became club members, including James McBey, Arthur Conan Doyle, and A.A. Milne.
This object is part of an archive that belonged to Marguerite McBey. As a result of her generosity, Aberdeen Art Gallery holds the largest archive of James McBey's work, including prints, drawings, sketchbooks, oil paintings and memorabilia such as this menu card.
late 14th-early 15th Century
Thomas Brown
Bill Baxter
Bill Baxter
Mary Garden
