(CIVIL WAR--PENNSYLVANIA.) Queen, James; artist and lithographer. Union Volunteer Refreshment Saloon of Philadelphia....

(CIVIL WAR--PENNSYLVANIA.) Queen, James; artist and lithographer. Union Volunteer Refreshment Saloon of Philadelphia. Hand-colored lithograph, 21 1/4 x 28 inches; minor soiling and wear, tasteful restoration along bottom edge, laid down on linen. Philadelphia: T. Sinclair, 1861

Cheering crowds and a marching band greet a regiment in formation, stopping for some nourishment on their way to the front. "Employed nearly a bird's-eye perspective to suggest the impressive numbers of Union soldiers who were welcomed and fed at Philadelphia's Refreshment Saloon in the spring of 1861. . . . The slant-roofed building just behind the train station is the Refreshment Saloon itself, which offered both food and drink"--Neely & Holzer, Union Image, page 98 and plate 6.