ALICE IN WONDERLAND
IN MEMORY OF MY WIFE
MARGARITA DELACORTE
WHO LOVED ALL CHILDREN
GTD

[Plate 2]
"TWINKLE, TWINKLE LITTLE BAT!
HOW I WONDER WHAT YOU’RE AT!
UP ABOVE THE WORLD YOU FLY,
LIKE A TEA-TRAY IN THE SKY."

[Plate 3]
’THEY TOLD ME YOU HAD BEEN TO HER,
AND MENTIONED ME TO HIM:
SHE GAVE ME A GOOD CHARACTER,
BUT SAID I COULD NOT SWIM.

[Plate 4]
’BEAUTIFUL SOUP, SO RICH AND GREEN
WAITING IN A HOT TUREEN!
WHO FOR SUCH DAINTIES WOULD NOT STOOP?
SOUP OF THE EVENING, BEAUTIFUL SOUP!

[Plate 5]
’TWEEDLEDUM AND TWEEDLEDEE
AGREED TO HAVE A BATTLE;
FOR TWEEDLEDUM SAID TWEEDLEDEE
HAD SPOILED HIS NICE NEW RATTLE.

[Plate 6]
’TWAS BRILLIG, AND THE SLITHY TOVES
DID GYRE AND GIMBLE IN THE COABE;
ALL MIMSY WERE THE BOROGROVES,
AND THE MOME RATHS OUTGRABE.

[Plate 7]
’SPEAK ROUGHLY TO YOUR LITTLE BOY,
AND BEAT HIM WHEN HE SNEEZES;
HE ONLY DOES IT TO ANNOY,
BECAUSE HE KNOWS IT TEASES.’

The signs revolve around a statue located in Central Park with figures from the book Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson), the statue was photographed that day by the same photographer Click for a larger image

In a sculpture made in 1959 by the sculptor José de Creeft, figures from the book are shown: Alice, the mad hatter, the rabbit, the caterpillar sitting on a mushroom and more.

Around the statue are additional plaques with quotes from the book. The plates were taken that day by the same photographer:
Plate 2 - The Poem of the Mad Hatter Click for a larger image

Plate 3 - The White Rabbit’s Song in the Trial of the Prince of Hearts Click for a larger image

Plate 4 - The Song of the Mock Turtle Click for a larger image

Plate 5 - The Song of Twiddledy and Twiddlem Click for a larger image

Plate 6 - The song about Jabberwocky from Through the Looking-Glass Click for a larger image

Plate 7 - The Lullaby of the Duchess Click for a larger image