Officers of the St Adrian Civic Guard

What you see

More than a dozen officers gather outdoors, spread across the whole canvas. On the left are those holding flags and pikes; in the center, a man with a hat and a blue sash turns his back to us, and on the right several sit or lean around a table with an open book.

The white collars and the orange, blue and white sashes stand out against the black suits and the dark foliage. At upper right, a red roof and a patch of sky show through the trees. Look for the metal points of the halberds, the cane held by the officer in the left foreground and the gold sash of the man standing by the table.