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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 (10[1])kicking his leg (-5[1])out with (10[1])a pole. The view from an artist’s home in Düsseldorf along the Rhine inspired this painting’s large ice chunks. (10[1])The (10[1])title figure of this 1851 (10[1])painting stares towards (-5[1])a snowy shoreline and raises his leg as he stands next to an (-5[1])inaccurate Star and Stripes flag. (10[1]-5[1])For 10 points, name this painting by Emmanuel Leutze (“LOYT-suh”) that depicts America’s first president on a rowboat. ■END■ (10[4]0[1])

ANSWER: Washington Crossing the Delaware
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