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 det forgjængelige af
Anny Frederikke Sofie Cecilie Reventlow
Født d. 14. april 1830
Gjenforenet d. 17. april 1853 med hendes for-
udgangne Fader Greve Conrad Ditlev Reventlow.
Dybt savnet og inderlig begrædt af
hendes efterladte Moder og Søster.
Vær stærk i Troen og vær
overbevist om at Gud gjør alt vel.
Dette var din sidste Bøn til din elskede Søster
forinden din troende ved mange Lidelser
lutrede fromme menneskekjærlige Sjæl i
din unge Alder inddrog til det bedre Land
hvorefter du længtes.
Over din frigjorte Aand, du kjære
udbreder der sig her i de himmelske Boliger
Jesu Fred og dit rette Fædrelands
bedste Velsignelse.
.jpg "Reventlow, Christian Detlev 1775-1851")
.jpg "Reventlow, Anny Frederikke Sofie Cecilie (1830-1853)")
1709 - 1786 (76 år)
1723 - 1785
