John Rasmussen, 1880 - Berks County Almshouse, 1880 - fine art print

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A house painter from Reading, Pennsylvania, Rasmussen was influenced by the works of Charles Hofmann, a fellow resident of the public poorhouse in Shillington, Berks County, Pennsylvania. Rasmussen was committed for alcoholism in 1879 and stayed at the facility until the end of his life. Painted on a heavy sheet of zinc, this aerial view provides a detailed and accurate image of the buildings and grounds of the institution within a central oval. Rasmussen included genre details such as townspeople passing on the road and residents and workers at the almshouse. At the four corners are views of the area’s factories and farmlands seen in summer, winter, spring, and fall.

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This painting was made by the painter John Rasmussen in 1880. The version of the masterpiece was painted with the size - 32 5/8 x 40 in (82,9 x 101,6 cm). Oil and gold paint on zinc was used by the painter as the medium of the piece of art. This piece of art can be viewed in in the digital collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art located in New York City, New York, United States of America. With courtesy of - The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, 1966 (public domain license). : Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, 1966. Furthermore, alignment is in landscape format and has a ratio of 1.2 : 1, which implies that the length is 20% longer than the width.

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