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Black men play the banjo and drink moonshine in an acrylic interpretation of this painting by Robert Colescott. In this painting’s background, a beam of light shines on men in blue coats trying to calm rearing horses. A Black man crouches behind a figure at the front of this painting kicking his leg out with a pole. The view from an artist’s home in Düsseldorf along the Rhine inspired this painting’s (-5[1])large ice chunks. The title figure of this 1851 painting stares (10[1])towards a snowy shoreline (-5[1])and raises his (10[1])leg as he stands next (-5[1])to an inaccurate Star and Stripes flag. For 10 points, name this painting by Emmanuel Leutze (“LOYT-suh”) that depicts America’s first president on a rowboat. (10[3])■END■ (10[3]0[1])

ANSWER: Washington Crossing the Delaware
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