
1897, Tatiana's Baptism
y'know, i'm not completely sure but i think there's something significantly wrong with that illustration.....
the woman holding the infant Tatiana, is shown wearing the gold velvet mantle (w/ Romanov double-headed eagle, in black) worn, i believe, during the coronation ceremony....but thereby implying it's the empress Aleksandra, the infants mother.
my main question: i seem to remember something about the fact that an infant's parents are never present at, or any time during, a Russian Orthadox Christening.
or am i mistaken? (perhaps, it was just a tradition within the imperial family?)