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Eugene Field Memorial, (sculpture). Artist:  McCartan, Edward, 1879-1947, sculptor. Donnelly, John, 1867-1947, contractor. Delano & Aldrich, architectural firm. Mohican Granite Quarries, contractor. Roman Bronze Works, founder. Title:  Eugene Field Memorial, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Dream Lady, (sculpture). Wynken, Blinken and Nod, (sculpture). Dates:  Dedicated 1922. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Figures: bronze; Upper base: Mohican golden granite; Lower platform base: granite with Merrimack aggregate; Benches: granite. Dimensions:  Angel figure: approx. 8 ft. x 40 in. x 3 ft.; Figures of children: approx. 4 ft. x 43 in. x 23 in.; Upper base: approx. 5 ft. 10 in. x 14 ft. 9 in. x 5 ft.; Lower platform base: approx. 1 ft. 6 in. x 34 in. x 22 ft.; Each bench: approx. 1 ft. 7 in. x 11 ft. 4 in. x 2 ft. Inscription:  (On upper base front left side:) Have you ever heard of the sugar plum tree/tis a marvel of great nenown/it blooms on the shore of the lollipop sea/in the garden of shut eye town. (On upper base front right side:) Wynken, Blinken and Nod one night/sailed off in a wooden shoe/sailed on a river of crystal light/into a sea of dew. (On back of base:) Erected in 1922 by/school children and/citizens aided by the/Benj. F. Ferguson Fund unsigned Description:  A hovering, delicately winged Lady in diaphanous draperies atop a rectangular base drops her flowers on two sleeping children who are nestled together at her feet. The rectangular stone base which extends beyond the bronze figures carries relief panels on each side depicting scenes from Field's various poems. The left relief is a scene of children under a tree with a dog barking at a cat in the tree from "The Sugar-Plum Tree." The right relief is a scene of children sailing on the sea with fish, a moon and clouds in the sky from "Wynken, Blinken and Nod." There are child-height drinking fountains on the north and south ends of the base. Small rectangular reliefs appear above each of the fountains. On the south end is a scene of a girl on a galloping horse from "The Fly-Away Horse," and on the north end is a relief of a witch hovering over a bed in which a figure and a snake appear from "Seein' Things." The upper granite base is flanked by two granite benches which are positioned along the north and south sides of the lower platform base. Subject:  Homage -- Field, Eugene Occupation -- Writer -- Poet Literature -- Field -- Wynken, Blynken and Nod Literature -- Field -- Sugar-Plum Tree Literature -- Field -- Fly-Away Horse Literature -- Field -- Seein' Things Figure female Religion -- Angel State of Being -- Other -- Sleep Children Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Illinois -- Chicago Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Chicago Park District, Preservation Planning Division, 425 East McFetridge Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60605 Located Lincoln Park Zoological Gardens, 2200 North Cannon Street, East of the Small Animal House, Chicago, Illinois 60614 Remarks:  The memorial was provided by public school children, citizens of Chicago and the B. F. Ferguson Monument Fund. Cost $35,000. The Chicago Park District Monument and Sculpture Photographic Archives contain black and white photographs of the memorial in its original condition and setting. The Chicago Park District Monument and Sculpture Preservation Files contain miscellaneous correspondence and blueprint of plans to move the memorial, newspaper articles, and conservation treatment reports with photographic documentation. For related article see Chicago Tribune, April 1, 1965. IAS files contain copies of treatment reports from the Chicago Park District files. References:  Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985. Bach, Ira J., and Mary Lackritz Gray, "A Guide to Chicago's Public Sculpture," Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1983, pg. 136-137. Riedy, James L., "Chicago Sculpture," Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1981, pg. 238-239. National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, IL5023, 1989. Monumental News, Nov. 1922; May 1923. Save Outdoor Sculpture, Illinois, Chicago survey, 1992. Illustration:  Image on file. Bach, Ira J., and Mary Lackritz Gray, "A Guide to Chicago's Public Sculpture," Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1983, pg. 137. Monumental News, May 1923, pg.270. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAS 75004288   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 75004288 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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