The Capitulation of Kars, Crimean War, 28 November 1855 1860

"The Capitulation of Kars" painted in 1860 by Thomas Jones Barker depicts the surrender of the Russian garrison of Kars to the Ottoman army in 1855. Barker, a British artist known for his historical paintings, captures the dramatic scene of the Russian officers handing over their swords to the Ottoman general, as a backdrop of a snowy mountainous landscape and the town of Kars can be seen in the distance. The painting depicts the climactic event of the Crimean War.