Thanks so much for that. I don't care much for the design of the necklace either but oh! those pearls look nice.
Was the book The Last Tsar about Kyril since it has photos of Miechen? I can't image a N&A book giving her more than a passing reference given their relationship.
your question got me thinking --- and i realised you were probably right (unless the book was about the Romanov
clan, there'd be very little of MP showing-up in a work on N&A).....so, the answer must be that i had gotten my books confused.
so i checked, and lo-and-behold, the image of MP
actually came from a book called ST.PETERSBURG: PORTRAIT OF AN IMPERIAL CITY.
it covers the various strata of st.p life. the imperial family, aristocratic society, the growing "middle-class", the transplanted peasants & workers; as well as schools, factories, the ballet & other Arts (painting, sculpture, literature, etc). so......
aneeeeway --
the image shows MP presiding over a meeting of the directors of the Imperial Academy of Art. she inherited her position as President, from her late husband, for whom she still wears mourning.
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