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
Date1926
Object NameMenu Card
Mediumpaper
ClassificationsMcBey
DimensionsOpen: 19.4 x 38cm
Closed: 19.4 x 19cm
Closed: 19.4 x 19cm
AcquisitionPresented in 1988 by Mrs Marguerite McBey.
Copyright© Aberdeen City Council (McBey Collection)
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG008362.10
Keywords
The frontispiece of the menu card is a drawing by James McBey, entitled "The birth of the Rubiyat".
Present at the dinner included:
W.W. Cobbett (Walter Willson Cobbett, violinist and writer)
Ian D. Colvin
A Forestier
Philip Guedalla (writer and politician)
Martin Hardie (artist)
John Henderson (politician)
Arthur Hutchinson
Sir W. Arbuthnot Lane (surgeon)
James McBey
R.H. Marsh
Dr. R.H.A. Plimmer (later Professor)
W. Pett Ridge (author)
Arthur R. Ropes (also known as Adrian Ross; lyricist)
Michael Sadleir (novelist and book collector)
Ralph Straus
On the reverse is a poem entitled "New Health for Old Omar", written by W.F. Harvey who was not present at the dinner.
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
Mary Garden
Thomas Brown
Bill Baxter
Bill Baxter
