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
Closed: 23.5 x 18.5cm
AcquisitionPresented in 1988 by Mrs Marguerite McBey.
Copyright© Aberdeen City Council (McBey Collection)
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG008362.11
Keywords
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.
Mary Garden
late 14th-early 15th Century
Thomas Brown
