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.
Herunder hviler
BENEDICTE CHRISTIANE
GREVINDE REVENTLOW
til Grevskabet Christianssæde
Født på Aalstrup 17. januar 1834
Givt 14 October 1857
med Geheimeconferentsraad
FERDINAND CARL OTTO
GREVE REVENTLOW
til grevskaberne
Christianssæde og Reventlow
samt Baroniet Brahetrolleborg
død i København 17 januar 1893
Aldrig er jeg uden Vaade
Aldrig dog foruden Naade
Altid har jeg Suk og Vee
Altid kan jeg Jesum see
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Salige ere de barmhjertige
Thi dem skal vederfares Barmhjertighed
1.jpg "Benedicte Christiane Reventlow")
