| Dream Lady | |
| Artist: | Edward McCartan |
| Year: | 1922 |
| Type: | Bronze |
| Metric Unit: | cm |
| Imperial Unit: | in |
| City: | Chicago, Illinois, United States |
| Coordinates: | 41.9212°N 87.6322°W |
| Pushpin Map: | Chicago |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Chicago |
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 (1850–1895) 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.
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.[1]
The inscriptions reads:
Have you ever heard of the sugar plum treetis a marvel of great renownit blooms on the shore of the lollipop seain the garden of shut eye town.
Wynken, Blinken and Nod one nightsailed off in a wooden shoesailed on a river of crystal lightinto a sea of dew.
Erected in 1922 byschool children andcitizens aided by theBenj. F. Ferguson Fund[2]