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.
Salige er de som sørge, Thi de skulle hussvales.
Matth 5.C.4V
Herunder hviler det forgiængelige af
HANNE CAROLINE REVENTLOW
datter af afdøde Conferentsraad Rosenkilde
Født den 15 iuni 1806. Ægteviet 4. iuni 1829
til Greve CONRAD REVENTLOW
Ved Guds Naade gienforenet med Mand Børn
og Forældre 24. October 1884
Begrædt af en efterladt Søster.
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.jpg "Rosenkilde, Hanne Caroline (1806-1884)")
- ca. 1448
1575 - 1648
