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.
* 1838 m. Hans Ferdinand Gjørling (1803-1852)
Oversættelse af KNUD LAVARDS gravsten i Ringsted Kirke:
KNUD. Søn af Danernes konge, ERIK EJEGOD.
Hertug i Slesvig, af Slavenland og Venderland, udnævnt og kronet konge over Abotriterne af Kejser LOTHER, kaldes i baghold for mistanke angående kongeværdigheden i Danmark af sin fætter MAGNUS, søn af den regerende danekonge NIELS, under foregivende af en hemmelig og venskabelig samtale, og nedhuggedes skammeligt den 7. januar 1131 i den nærliggende skov, Haraldsted skov, hvorfra han føres bort og begraves her, men han blev henført til helgernes tal, og modtog guddommelig dyrkelse og ære i året 1170, idet sønnen VALDEMAR den første udbad sig dette af Paven i Rom.
.jpg "Reventlow, Christian Detlev 1710-1775")
