Dream Lady


Dream Lady, also known as the Eugene Field Memorial, is a bronze sculpture by Edward McCartan.
It is located in Lincoln Park, Chicago.
Eugene Field was an author and journalist, and wrote a humor column, "Sharps and Flats", for the Chicago Daily News. He was also well known as an author of poems for children.

History

The memorial cost $35,000, and was funded by public school children, citizens of Chicago and the B. F. Ferguson Monument Fund. It was dedicated on October 9, 1922.
The inscriptions reads:

Have you ever heard of the sugar plum tree
tis a marvel of great renown
it blooms on the shore of the lollipop sea
in the garden of shut eye town.


Wynken, Blinken and Nod one night
sailed off in a wooden shoe
sailed on a river of crystal light
into a sea of dew.


Erected in 1922 by
school children and
citizens aided by the
Benj. F. Ferguson Fund