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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 large ice chunks. (10[1])The title figure of this 1851 painting stares towards a snowy shoreline (10[1])and raises his (-5[1])leg (-5[2])as he stands next to an inaccurate Star and Stripes flag. For 10 points, name this painting by Emmanuel (10[1])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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