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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 (-5[1])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 (-5[1])painting’s large ice chunks. (-5[1])The (10[1])title figure of this (10[1])1851 (-5[1])painting stares (10[1])towards a snowy shoreline (10[2]-5[2])and raises his leg as he stands next to an inaccurate Star and Stripes flag. (10[2])For 10 points, name this painting by Emmanuel Leutze (“LOYT-suh”) that depicts America’s first (10[1])president on a rowboat. ■END■ (10[3])

ANSWER: Washington Crossing the Delaware
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