Sentries Collection

Suricate / Meerkat - family with young on the lookout at the edge of its burrow. Kalahari Desert, Namibia, Africa
TD-1484-c Suricate / Meerkat - family with young on the lookout at the edge of its burrow. Kalahari Desert, Namibia, Africa

Suricate / Meerkat On the lookout
CH-4048-m Meercats / Suricates - on look out all looking in different directions Africa Suricata suricatta Clem Haagner Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Tomb of the Unknown Warrior, 1920
Four sentries stand with heads bowed at the grave of the unknown soldier following the ceremony in Westminster Abbey on Armistice Day, 11 November 1920. 1920

Black-tailed Prairie Dog - pair on alert for danger, Emmen, Holland
USH-3121 Black-tailed Prairie Dog - pair on alert for danger Cynomys ludovicianus Duncan Usher Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Suricate / Meerkat - Sentry keeping watch for predators with youngster close-by
ASW-4347 Suricate / Meerkat - Sentry keeping watch for predators with youngster close-by Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Northern Cape, South Africa. Suricata suricatta Alan J. S

Suricate / Meerkat Sunning, Kalahari, South Africa
CH-4439 Suricates / Meerkat - Sunning themselves Kalahari, S. Africa Suricata suricatta Clem Haagner Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Blacktail Praire Dog
FG-855 Black-tailed Praire Dog Cynomys ludovicianus Francois Gohier Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

A Union Picket post
3028599 A Union Picket post; Private Collection; (add.info.: A Union Picket post); © Don Troiani. All Rights Reserved 2022.

L'Etat de Guerre aux Etats-Unis; Premiers aspects de l'etat de guerre: les voies ferrees... 1917
L'Etat de Guerre aux Etats-Unis; Premiers aspects de l'etat de guerre: les voies ferrees et travaux d'art sont gardes; la releve des sentinelles a l'entree d'un tunnel dans les

La Nouvelle Europe; la crise de gouvernement de Luxembourg; pendant les troubles... 1919. Creator: Unknown
La Nouvelle Europe; la crise de gouvernement de Luxembourg; pendant les troubles: factionnaires francais et luxembourgeois devant le palais archiducal, 1919

The Uytlught Country House, Colombo, c.1750. Creator: B. van Lier
The Uytlught Country House, Colombo, c.1750. Dutch colonialists in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka). Attributed to B. van Lier

Royal Horse Guard Sentries - Life Guards, Horseguards Parade, Whitehall, London Date: 1943

Changing of the Guard, Amalienborg Palace, Copenhagen, Denmark

Guards on Horseback, Changing of the Guard, Amalienborg Palace, Copenhagen, Denmark

UK, England, London, Buckingham Palace, Guard

British and French sentries guarding a railway line - WW0
British and French sentries guarding a railway line during WW1

Changing Sentries at Buckingham Palace, London Pageantry by Charles Howard

The Presidential Election in Argentina, the Polling-Station at the Church of La Merced, Buenos Ayres (engraving)
1056201 The Presidential Election in Argentina, the Polling-Station at the Church of La Merced, Buenos Ayres (engraving) by Durand

Armed sentries keeping watch during a meeting of Scottish Covenanters, 17th Century (colour litho)
5208313 Armed sentries keeping watch during a meeting of Scottish Covenanters, 17th Century (colour litho) by Skelton, J. R

Two Germans on the coast of France look towards England on the eve of the Normandy
1147352 Two Germans on the coast of France look towards England on the eve of the Normandy campaign, 1944 (colour litho) by Wolf

WWI German sentry observing through a periscope, Hill 60, near Ypres, 1916 (b / w photo)
778977 WWI German sentry observing through a periscope, Hill 60, near Ypres, 1916 (b/w photo) by German Photographer (20th Century); Private Collection; Peter Newark Military Pictures; German

Fires at the enemy camp, lit to warm up, by the Arabs commanded by watchmen in the advanced places beyond Tripoli
2808453 Fires at the enemy camp, lit to warm up, by the Arabs commanded by watchmen in the advanced places beyond Tripoli (colour litho) by Beltrame

Rear entrance of Fort Corcoran atop Arlington Heights, Virginia, winter c
867765 Rear entrance of Fort Corcoran atop Arlington Heights, Virginia, winter c.1862 (b/w photo) by Smith, William Morris (fl.1862); Private Collection; (add.info)

Blockhouse near Fort Haggerty on the Arlington Ridge Road, Virginia
867763 Blockhouse near Fort Haggerty on the Arlington Ridge Road, Virginia, helping guard the Aqueduct Bridge, c.1862 (b/w photo) by American Photographer

Sentry at Buckingham Palace (b / w photo)
733954 Sentry at Buckingham Palace (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sentry at Buckingham Palace, London.); Look and Learn / Peter Jackson Collection

While the ministers preached and prayed, sentinels kept watch, 1910 (colour litho)
2920426 While the ministers preached and prayed, sentinels kept watch, 1910 (colour litho) by Skelton, Joseph Ratcliffe (fl.1888-1916); Private Collection; (add.info)

Sentries on Duty near Hamburg (engraving)
2773899 Sentries on Duty near Hamburg (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sentries on Duty near Hamburg)

Volunteers and Regulars in Middlesex Training for Outpost Duty (engraving)
1604750 Volunteers and Regulars in Middlesex Training for Outpost Duty (engraving) by Wollen, William Barnes (1857-1936) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

With the British Garrison at Suakim (engraving)
1061680 With the British Garrison at Suakim (engraving) by Fripp, Charles Edwin (1854-1906); Private Collection; (add.info.: With the British Garrison at Suakim)

Sentries at the London Public Buildings (engraving)
614479 Sentries at the London Public Buildings (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sentries at the London Public Buildings)

A Sallop Seller serving heated hot drinks, from The Costumes of Great Britain
810307 A Sallop Seller serving heated hot drinks, from The Costumes of Great Britain, 1808 (colour litho) by Pyne, William Henry (1769-1843); Private Collection; (add.info)

Letters from Max (how he won the Iron Cross!), 1914 (colour litho)
747110 Letters from Max (how he won the Iron Cross!), 1914 (colour litho) by Wohlfahrt, Erich (fl.1914); Private Collection; Photo eBarbara Singer; German, out of copyright

Two sentries shooting at would-be saboteurs on the French railways (colour litho)
2779664 Two sentries shooting at would-be saboteurs on the French railways (colour litho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Sentinelle Double. Cover of Le Figaro Illustre, April 1894 (colour litho)
3098570 Sentinelle Double. Cover of Le Figaro Illustre, April 1894 (colour litho) by Morot, Aime Nicolas (1850-1913) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sentinelle Double)

The Snow Queen from Tales by Hans Christian Andersen, pub. 1911 (colour litho)
3282432 The Snow Queen from Tales by Hans Christian Andersen, pub. 1911 (colour litho) by Lefler, Heinrich (1863-1919) and Urban

The conquest of a polyeriera at Osfenda, German sentinels surprised and strangled by Indians (colour litho)
2815697 The conquest of a polyeriera at Osfenda, German sentinels surprised and strangled by Indians (colour litho) by Beltrame

"Two mounted Cossacks in full uniform stood as sentries"(engraving)
2813322 " Two mounted Cossacks in full uniform stood as sentries" (engraving) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Masses of young black shirts flock, in Rome, to the Campo Dux, which gathers fifty thousand avant-garde (colour litho)
2778187 Masses of young black shirts flock, in Rome, to the Campo Dux, which gathers fifty thousand avant-garde (colour litho) by Beltrame

The South Carolina State Arsenal in Charleston, South Carolina
867761 The South Carolina State Arsenal in Charleston, South Carolina, guarded by parading detachments of the Washington Light Infantry, 1860 (litho) by Waud

Constantinople Illustrated (engraving)
1055167 Constantinople Illustrated (engraving) by Wyllie, Charles William (1853-1923); Private Collection; (add.info.: Constantinople Illustrated)

Crossing the drawbridge. Every town has strong walls and a moat
1122713 Crossing the drawbridge. Every town has strong walls and a moat, a drawbridge and a portcullis for defence, c.1950 (litho) by Valda

With the Tochi Valley Field Force, in Camp at Miran Shah (litho)
1039364 With the Tochi Valley Field Force, in Camp at Miran Shah (litho) by Staniland, Charles J. (1838-1916) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: With the Tochi Valley Field Force)

Sentries and donkeys enjoy the bracing weather in the British Artillery Camp and Siege Train, before Sebastopol. Date: winter 1854 - 55

The Royal Palace at Madrid - the Armeria, 1845. Creator: Unknown
The Royal Palace at Madrid - the Armeria, 1845. View of...the enormous Royal Palace, or, rather, a portion of it, as seen through the noble archway of the Armeria; at the same time

SOLDIERS AND GHOST
The ghost of Hamlets father appears on the battlements of Elsinore and alarms the sentries

Royal guards changing ceremony, Changdeokgung Palace, Seoul, South Korea, Asia

Swiss guards at St. Peters Basilica, Vatican, Rome, Lazio, Italy, Europe

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In the vast expanse of the Kalahari Desert, a family of suricates, also known as meerkats, stands on high alert at the edge of their burrow. With their young ones by their side, they serve as sentries for their clan's safety in this harsh African landscape. Meanwhile, another vigilant meerkat keeps a watchful eye for predators while its curious offspring stays close by. These resourceful creatures rely on digging skills to obtain arthropods and reptiles for sustenance. Their habitat consists of open and arid regions within Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park in South Africa's Northern Cape. Across continents in Holland's Emmen, a pair of black-tailed prairie dogs remain on constant alert for any signs of danger. They stand tall with an unwavering sense of duty to protect their community from potential threats. Stepping into history, we find ourselves at the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior in 1920. Here lies an eternal sentinel honoring fallen soldiers who sacrificed everything without recognition or name – forever guarding our collective memory. In London's bustling streets, amidst iconic landmarks like St James Palace and Horseguards Parade, dedicated sentries clad in traditional uniforms diligently fulfill their duties. The Queens Guard wearing busbies exemplifies regal protection while Royal Horse Guard Sentries embody grace and strength atop majestic horses. During times of conflict such as World War I or Russo-Japanese war encounters between wolves and Russian soldiers remind us that even human they can not immune to nature's challenges. On more peaceful occasions like the Changing of the Guard ceremony at Amalienborg Palace in Copenhagen, Denmark guards symbolize continuity and national pride as they pass responsibility from one generation to another. Whether it be meerkats standing guard against predators or humans protecting palaces or railway lines during wartime - these sentinels demonstrate unwavering dedication towards safeguarding what is dear to them: family, community, and nation.