A hand-coloured print showing the surrender of Talnar fort, in Maharashtra, India, in February 1818. To the left stand the defending garrison of the Maratha Confederacy. Their leader the Kiladar, or governor, of the fort hands a sword to Adjutant General Conway, who stands at the head of the soldiers of the British East India Company.

The surrender of Fort Talnar was one of the final events of the Third Anglo-Maratha War (1817-18), fought between the Maratha Empire and the British East India Company. After the British won control of the fort, the commander of the army in the Deccan Peninsula, Sir Thomas Hislop, ordered the execution of the entire defending garrison. Despite the attempt of the inscription on this print to justify Hislop's behaviour, his actions were condemned by both the Governor General of India and the House of Commons. Hislop lost his army command in 1820.

This print is one of a pair, the other showing the battle for control of the fort in progress. The prints were made after watercolours by William Heath, which are now in the British Museum (inventory number 1937,0308.17-18). The present print is dedicated to Sir Thomas Hislop.

Inscribed at bottom: 'To His Excellency Lieut. General Sir Thos Hislop, Bart. Commander in Chief of the Army of the Deccan. This Plate representing the Surrender of Fort Talneir to Adjutant General T. H. Conway on the 28th Feby 1818. Is respectfully inscribed by His Excellent Servant John Hudson.' and '*The subsequent treachery of the Killedar rendered it absolutely necessary to make a signal example of him & the whole Garrison'