Inventarnummer
4201.231
Titel
Menu Card, Music Programme and Seating Plan
Beschreibung
A pyramidal menu card and music programme card dating for a banquet held on 8th November 1898 for Lord Kitchener following his return to Engalnd after his victory at the Battle of Omdurman, 1898. The menu card has pictures depicting scenes in Khartoum, Sudan and pictures of both Major-General Charles Gordon, who had been killed thirteen years earlier by the Madist Army, and Lord Kitchener. At the top corner of the menu card is the Royal Engineers emblam and motto. The menu is written at the back of the card in French. The menu contains a full list of what will be served from appetisers to desserts. The music programme card lists all the songs to be played and the name of the R.E. bandmaster at the bottom. Also included is the seating plan for the banquet, hosted by the Royal Enginners Mess. The seating plan contains a blueprint for the arrangement of the tables and the names of the guests next to the tables.
Datum
1898 - 1898
Entstehungszeitraum
Late Victorian, 1876-1901
Format
- Width: 165 mm
- Height: 145 mm
- Width: 425 mm
- Length: 340 mm