WŁADYSŁAW IV at Smolensk. Lithograph from circa 1860, printed in several dozen copies.

[WŁADYSŁAW IV at Smolensk, lithograph]. "Moscow chiefs [...] on the 1st of March, year 1634 after liberating Smolensk from the siege of Moscow, lay down their banners and Koleina foreheads before Wladyslaw IV King of Poland". Printed circa 1860.
Composition form. 47.6x73.9 on ark. 67.3x88.8 cm. Below the elaborate title: "The Moscow chiefs, Mikhail Borisovich Schin (Shchokin) Semyon Prozorovsky Artomius Izmaylov, Prince Bialosielski, etc, etc, and all the commanders of the enlisted rotas, French, English, Scottish and German, on March 1, 1634 after the liberation of Smolensk from the siege of Moscow, fold their banners and Kolein their foreheads before Wladyslaw IV, King of Poland", on the right the same in French. In the lower margin, in the center, a circle with an inscription on the perimeter: "Medal minted to immortalize the commemoration of this accident", and the same in French. No likeness of the medal. Directly below the composition the inscription: "Lithographed in Poznań by M. Jaroczyński from a cooperative painting donated to the Działyński Library by Countess Tysenhaus", and the same in French. According to T. Kowalski ("Publishing Activities of the Kornik Library until 1925"), the engraving was printed in only a few dozen pieces. Toughed up tears of the sheet (also inside the composition), small trace of dampness in the lower margin.
The engraving depicts the final episode of the Smolensk battle, as a result of which the Moscow army, which had been besieging Smolensk for 2 years, was defeated. After the surrender, Polish commanders "took the oath from Mikhail Shein, Artemy Ishmailov, Shimon Prozorovsky and Mikhail Bialoselsky. The oath was taken from the Russian soldiers by royal commissioners, who then proceeded to seize military equipment [...]. The disarmed Shein army on March 1 was ready to march out [...]. King Wladyslaw IV left at 10 a.m. accompanied by [...] hetmans, senators and senior officers to the right wing of the Polish army and, assisted by two festively dressed hussar flags, received the parade of Russian soldiers leaving the camp to the accompaniment of Polish military music. The Russians marched in silence, with their banners folded and without their own music. 121 flags of the defeated army, most of whose officers were given the honor of kissing the royal hand, were placed at the royal feet. The entire surrender ceremony lasted three hours. After the Russian camp was taken, a solemn Te Deum was sung in the presence of the king on March 2" (Wikipedia).