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Historically speaking, the painting falls short, perhaps in part because Leutze painted the canvas in 1851 — 75 years after the fact. (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Historically speaking, the painting falls short, perhaps in part because Leutze painted the canvas in 1851 — 75 years after the fact. (Metropolitan Museum of Art)