1810 Elisabeth Alexeievna by Jean Henri Benner (Pushkin Memorial Museum, St. Petersburg Russia)

Elizabeth wears a Napoléonic dress with a pleated bodice and van Dyck edged lace ruff, a style that would last into the 1820s. The bared forehead between two poufs of hair would also persist.

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