The Emperor crowning the Empress at the Church of the Assumption.

From a drawing by Edwin B.Child.] It was a stern, joyless reign, without one act intended to make glad the hearts of the people.

The depressing conditions in which he lived gradually undermined the health of the Emperor.

He was carried in dying condition to Livadia, and there, surrounded by his wife and his children, he expired November 1, 1894..