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.
LOUISE CHRISTIANE BENEDICTE MALVINE
fød den 26de Juli 1830 døde den 26de Februar 1837
CHRISTIANE BENEDICTE MALVINE LOUISE
Fød den 27de Februar 1832 Døde den 24de Marts 1833
Alt her søde uskyldige smaa Engle være de
Forældrenes Einar og Hilda Reventlows
Haab og deres Glæde
Men intet Haab som af Gud vedlagdes i det
mod Ham den algode barnlig henvendte
aandige Menneske vil blive uopfyldt
og enhver sand Glæde bærer i sig Spiren
til hoiere og varigere Glæde hisset
.jpg "Reventlow, Detlev 1654-1701")
1.jpg "Louise Christiane Benedicte Malvine Reventlow OG
Christiane Benedicte Malvine Louise Reventlow")
1772 - 1827 (54 år)
1768 - 1816