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 støvet
af
EJNAR CARL DITLEV greve REVENTLOW
og hans Hustru
HILDEBORG SOFIE grevinde REVENTLOW
Til Pugerup i Sverrig
I ømme Ægtefæller, kjærlige Forældre og sande
Menneskevenner, Eders ædle Stræben og kjærlige
Virksomhed vii længe mindes med Taknemmelighed
Ejnar Carl Ditlev Reventlow født den 6. Januar 1788
Formælet den 21. Juni 1829 ✝︎ den 1. Mai 1867. Var den
næstyngste Søn af Statsminister, Lehnsgreve
C.D.F Reventlow og Hustru født v. Beulewitz
Hildeborg Sofie Reventlow født den 21 December 1804
Formælet den 21. Juni 1829 ✝︎ den 6 Mai 1868. Var
den ældste Datter af Lehnsgreve
C.D. Reventlow og Hustru født von Qualen.