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Painting of soldiers in a sentry box with rifles, watched by a boy with a basket and a girl beneath an arch.

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Die Schildwache, in das Gewehr rufend ("Gewehr heraus!"), Carl Schindler, Wikimedia Commons. Via artnap.com

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A painted scene shows uniformed soldiers in a sentry box with rifles raised, while a barefoot boy with a basket and a small girl in a red dress look up at them beneath an arch. A town and mounted riders are visible through the opening on the right.

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