Menu Card, Portfolio of Menu Cards and Letters Relating to the Khayyam Club

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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 Edward Verrall Lucas

AssociatedAssociated with Walter Willson Cobbett

AssociatedAssociated with Philip Guedalla

AssociatedAssociated with Sir William Arbuthnot Lane (Fort George, Inverness, Scotland, 1856 - 1943)

AssociatedAssociated with Professor R H A Plimmer

AssociatedAssociated with Michael Sadleir

AssociatedAssociated with Ralph Straus

AssociatedAssociated with Martin Hardie (London, England, 1875 - 1952)

Date1931

Object NameMenu Card

Mediumpaper

ClassificationsMcBey

DimensionsOpen: 23.5 x 37cm
Closed: 23.5 x 18.5cm

AcquisitionPresented in 1988 by Mrs Marguerite McBey.

LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub

Object numberABDAG008362.11

Keywords

About MeMenu Card, within the Portfolio of Menu Cards and Letters Relating to the Khayyam Club, dated 19 November 1931.

There are two copies of the menu card within the record.

James McBey drew the frontispiece for this menu card, but did not attend the dinner. Those who did attend the dinner included:

W.W. Cobbett (Walter Willson Cobbett, violinist and writer)
Norman Davey
Philip Guedalla (writer and politician)
John Henderson (politician)
Sir W. Arbuthnot Lane (surgeon)
R.H. Marsh
The Hon. Harold Nicolson (diplomat and writer)
Professor R.H.A. Plimmer
Arthur R. Ropes (also known as Adrian Ross; lyricist)
Michael Sadleir (novelist and book collector)
Sir Malcolm Seton
Ralph Straus
Edmund Wimperis (architect)
Otto Kyllmann (publisher)
Edward Verrall Lucas (who regularly corresponded with James McBey)
Martin Hardie

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.