Details
Creator Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886, artist.
Contributor Hayes, I. I. (Isaac Israel), 1832-1881, dedicatee.
P.S. Duval & Son, printer.
G. Andrè & Co., publisher.
Title Satterlee Polka for the piano. Composed and respectfully dedicated to Surgeon I.I. Hayes U.S.V. Comg. Satterlee U.S.A. Genl. Hospital W. Phila. [graphic] / By Th. Herrmann Leader of Satterlee Hospital Band; P.S. Duval & Son, lith. Philada.; drawn on stone by J. Queen.
Publisher Philadelphia: Published by G. Andrè & Co. 1104 Chestnut St
Date [ca. 1863]
Physical Description 1 print: lithograph, tinted with one stone; 25 x 30 cm. (9.5 x 11.5 in.)
Description Sheet music cover containing a view looking down at the Satterlee U.S.A. General Hospital grounds from a hill in West Philadelphia. In the foreground, soldiers, women, and children, on foot and horseback, descend a path on the elevation en route to the Civil War Union hospital. Recuperating soldiers and visitors recline on a large rock on the hillside and in the adjoining valley. A foot bridge lined by trees leads from the valley to Satterlee. Several figures are visible walking, and arriving by foot and omnibus at the hospital grounds that are also lined by tents. In the left, a horse-drawn omnibus crosses a bridge, overshadowed by trees, spanning Mill Creek.
Is referenced by Wainwright 328
Notes Manuscript note on recto: NW fr. Balto Ave. N of 43rd St.
Price printed on recto: 4.
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Philadelphia on Stone
Library Company copy acquired after POS 2010: P.2011.63.5.
Free Library of Philadelphia: Castner 9:71
Hayes served as the ship's surgeon during Elisha Kent Kane's Artic explorations (1853-1855) and organized his own Arctic exploration in 1860 before serving at Satterlee General Hospital.
Subject Satterlee U.S.A. General Hospital (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Military hospitals -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Hospitals -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Military personnel -- Union -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Social aspects -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
West Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Genre Lithographs -- Tinted -- 1860-1870.
Sheet music covers -- 1860-1870.
Printer G. Andrè & Co., publisher.
Location Free Library of Philadelphia.| Print and Photograph Collection. | FLP Castner 9:71