Photograph of the Anichkov Palace in St Petersburg. The main part of the palace is to the left and has four storeys. The windows are interspersed with pilasters and there is a balustrade on the roof. There is a small building to the far right with columns spaced at intervals, statues at each corner and a balustrade on the roof. There are trees between the two buildings and a road in the foreground. Two men are standing by the smaller building.

The palace, designed for Empress Elizabeth of Russia (1709-62) and completed in 1754, eventually became the main St Petersburg residence of Tsesarevich Alexander Alexandrovich (later Emperor Alexander III) and Maria Feodorovna, following their marriage on 9 November 1866. 

This photograph is from an album compiled by Captain Oliver Montagu which contains photographs, newspaper cuttings, ephemera and a diary account by Montagu of the visit to Russia by the Prince and Princess of Wales, later King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra, in 1874. Albert Edward and Alexandra travelled to Russia to attend the wedding of Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh (and later Duke of Saxe-Coburg & Gotha) to Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna, the daughter of Tsar Alexander II. Captain Montagu was a member of the Prince and Princess of Wales's suite.