3-065-654 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Marriage Festivities at St Petersburg: review before the Emperor, the Prince of Wales, and the Crown Prince of Prussia, 1874. Celebrations for the royal wedding of Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia, and Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, son of Queen Victoria. 'Our Special Artist, who was at St. Petersburg to attend the ceremonies and festivities at the Duke of Edinburgh's marriage to the Grand Duchess Marie, has furnished a sketch of the review or parade of Russian troops in front of the Winter Palace, on the 26th January. The Emperor of Russia, the Czarewitch, the Prince of Wales and Prince Arthur, the Crown Prince of Prussia and Germany, and the Crown Prince of Denmark were spectators of this grand military show. They sat on horseback while the troops marched past and saluted his Imperial Majesty. There were 23,000 infantry and 8000 cavalry, nearly all of the Imperial Guard, and some artillery besides'. From "Illustrated London News", 1874.