Posted to the Alexander Palace Time Machine Discussion Forum by katmaxoz on 6 January 2010. Katmaxoz provided this caption identifying those in this photo: "Alexander
III & Marie Feodorovna and brother with high standing members of
the court. Seated left to right: Mistress of the wadrobe Princess Juliya
Kurakina, Tsarevich Alexander Alexandrovich, Tsarevna Maria Feodorovna,
Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich, lady in waiting Alexandra Kurakina.
The skirt of only the left-most sitter is fully visible - a crinoline. That and Alexander's moustache date this to the middle 1860s.
Keywords: Maria Feodorovna (1847-1928), Princess, Tsaritsa, Glucksberg family, Romanov family, Russian, straight coiffure, scarf, high neckline, collar, cape, natural waistline, long close sleeves, crinoline, brooch