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.
Tillkännagifves,
att
Possessionaten, Högvälborne Herr Grefve
Einar Carl Detlef von Reventlow
lungt och fridfullt afsomnade
å Pederstrup i Danmark Lördagen den 4 maj 1867
i en ålder af 79 år, 3 månader och 28 dagar;
djupt sörjd och saknad af Maka, barn, barnbarn, anhörige, vänner
tjenare och underhafvande.
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