Photograph of Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia standing outside Balmoral. He is wearing British military uniform and is holding a bearskin hat in his right hand and a sword in his left. There is a wall partially covered with ivy behind him and a chair to the left. In 1896 Nicholas II, his consort Alexandra Feodorovna and his eldest daughter Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna visited Queen Victoria at Balmoral. Alexandra Feodorovna was a granddaughter of the Queen.