Please help with surname

[Redblackdragon]

It looks like the back of a photo.

Неlol! Yes, ambrotype

[Ruskie]

I agree that context might help.

I think I can make out some letters but together they don’t make much sense. It looks like it starts with an R.. - possibly Ro… there are several possibilities eg Romigie, Rornig e or u. Would you expect this to be a “non English” surname?

Is there any other writing you can show us for comparision? Is the date 1867? Is this in the back of a photo as suggested by bearcat?

[Calleva]

Roniegu?

There’s a William Roniegu on FB

https://m.facebook.com/people/Roniegu-William/100089757713248/

[Cas (stallc)]

Mmm

The first letter looks like R or P..last letter looks like the n of Jane, maybe an e on end? Romayne - Pomayne. There is a Romain surname, but not looked indepth.

Looking at the background I think it reads

W. HOBCRAFTS
Wholesale Optical Photographic Depot
419 Oxford Street. Near Soho Square
dated August 26th /67

Cannot find anything for depot on Google, but the colour may suggest 1867

Cas

[Cas (stallc)]

Could be this photographer

http://www.19thcenturyphotos.com/?nav=details&prodID=5790

Photographed by William Hobcraft of 419 Oxford Street, London.
 
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[Cas (stallc)]

So looking at date 1867 when photo taken.

https://pic.nypl.org/constituents/297179

[arthurk]

Looking through some census surname indexes I've spotted a few instances of Ronague or Rounge, but I'm not convinced it's either of those.

[josey]

How old do we think she is? 20 - 23? I've tried looking for Martha [without Jane] Rom* on 1861/1871 censuses. Though maybe she was visiting London not a resident? The  fact that you found the ambrotype in Russia makes that more feasible.

[arthurk]

She appears to be wearing a wedding ring on her right hand - or is this one of the kinds of photo that comes out reversed? The question of reversal might be relevant, since I believe in some parts of Europe it's more usual to wear the ring on the right hand.

I also thought her outfit looked much more flamboyant than you usually see in photos of that date. So was she particularly wealthy, or dressed in a style more commonly found in another country? (Or both)