(CIVIL WAR PENNSYLVANIA) James Queen artist lithographer C

Sale 2675 - Lot 107

Price Realized: $ 375

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Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900

(CIVIL WAR--PENNSYLVANIA.) James Queen, artist & lithographer. Citizens Volunteer Hospital, Philadelphia. Chromolithograph, 18¼ x 23¾ inches; skillfully repaired closed tears, silked and stabilized. Philadelphia: P.S. Duval & Son, circa 1862

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Fundraising for this private charitable hospital began in early September 1862, and construction began later that month. Soldiers began arriving by late October. Shortly before it closed, the Philadelphia Inquirer of 5 June 1865 called it "one of those institutions of mercy which we believe no other loyal city has attempted to imitate. . . . They have saved the life of many a poor fellow who was bleeding, sore and weary, and who might have died except for the timely relief which he received within their walls." This print features an exterior view surrounded by 10 interior vignettes of the kitchens, dining rooms, laundry, bathrooms, and the vast hangar-like hospital room with dozens of recuperating soldiers on beds.