To appreciate the Owl and the Pussycat as a sculpture, it is necessary to be familiar with the poem of which it is a cartoon representation. Written by Edward Lear in 1871 as a 'nonsense' poem for children, it has charmed both children and adults for the more than one hundred years since, nonsense or not. This plaque is affixed to the steel base of the sculpture.
Look at that wonderful word 'runcible'. It has captured me ever since I memorized the poem at the age of ten. Look it up on Wikipedia . . .
