Count Eugen Reventlow (1798-1885) and Count Theodor Reventlow (1801-1873) were the children of Danish diplomat and noble Cay Friedrich Reventlow. Eugen was appointed Secretary to the Danish Legation in St. Petersburg in 1823. He remained there until his brother Theodor assumed the position in 1828. As Eleanor Middleton succumbed to illness in 1827, her diary entries likely refer to the elder Reventlow. The portrait in the Album however may be of either brother.
The bust-length portrait presents Count Reventlow facing partly left, eyes looking forward, against a background of grey clouds. The young man wears a blue-black coat with gold buttons, a beige waistcoat, and a white shirt with a black cravat.
Sønnesøn af Christian Ditlev
Frederik og tredje Søn af Chri-
stian Detlev og Margrethe Be-
nedicte Reventlow født den 16.
juni 1806. Gift ikkun noget over
3 Maaneder med Adelheit von
Der Decken, blev den 5.November
1835 ved Døden vel for en Tid
skilt fra os, men for evigt at-
ter forenet med den elskede
Moder og med Dig du evig elske-
de Christian og saa mange
ædle Forudgangne.
.jpg "Reventlow, Ludvig Christian Ditlev Frederik Leopold Ernst (1808-1835)")
