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This Cattley family CDV studio portrait is we think an efort to depict an English beach scene, but it could have been taken outside. Notice the donkey and wooden spades. There is no studio information. While it is not dated, it looks like the 1860s to us. Mother has an impressive hoop skirt. We are not sure about the children. The one with the plain hat may be a boy. They look ti be about 2-4 years old. This is apparently the family of Henry Richard Cattley (born st Petersburg Russia 1818) family. The mother may be Mary Ann Wilks (born Russia 1818 - died 1895). We are unsure about the Russian connection, but the image could not be more British. A reader writes, "In 1818 there was a large contingency of British, French, German and other Western Europeans living in St. Petersburg due to Russian success in defeating Napoleon. I suspect these children were scion of diplomats or merchants living in the foreign quarters of St. Petersburg. That is a total guess based upon my history reading."
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