"THIS IS PERHAPS THE LARGEST AND MOST COMPLETE ARMY HOSPITAL IN THE WORLD"

(CIVIL WAR) MAGNUS, Charles, engraver. Chromolithograph: Satterlee U.S.A. General Hospital, West Philadelphia. Philadelphia: James D. Gay, 1864. Broadside Chromolithograph; image measures 10-1/2 by 17 inches, entire piece measures 17-1/2 by 22-1/2 inches. $350.

Original 1864 Chromolithograph depicting the Satterlee General Hospital in West Philadelphia, with the red flag stripes finished by hand.

According to the text beneath the legend, "This is perhaps the largest and most complete Army Hospital in the world. It covers sixteen acres of ground. There are 24 wards containing 4500 beds. The length of the buildings is 900 feet. There are altogether 7 acres of floors. It was opened for the reception of our brave and sick wounded soldiers, June 9th, 1862. Admitted up to May 27, 1864 12,773. Deaths, 260. Since the great battles of the Wilderness and Spottsylvania, there have been several hundred tents put up outside of the enclosure as the accommodations are not sufficient for the large numbers of patients daily arriving from the field." Located in West Philadelphia between 42nd and 45th streets and between Pine Street and Baltimore Avenue, Satterlee closed in August 1865. Ink stamp to verso.

Foxing, generally marginal. A few short closed tears not affecting image; sheet a bit wrinkled. A very good copy.