Photo of Mikhail Mikhailovich Koryakin, 1890s.

Russian Empire, St. Petersburg, photo studio of the photographer of the court of His Highness Prince of Cherngorsk Elena Mrozovskaya. 1890s.

Photo: 13.7 x 10 cm. Passe-partout: 16.2 x 10.6 cm.
The photographs are pasted on a branded passe-partout of the photo studio of Mrozovskaya on Nevsky Prospekt, 20.
On the photo below a dedication in black ink in French: “A Moniueur Edouard Lery souvenir / de M. Kariakin artiste de / l'opera russe de St Petersbourg”.

Mikhail Mikhailovich Koryakin (1850-1897) was a Russian opera singer.

Elena Lukinichna Mrozovskaya (1941) was one of the first (female) professional Russian photographers of Montenegrin origin and a teacher.