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.
EDUARD VILHELM greve REVENTLOW
yngste Søn af Lehnsgreve C. D. Reventlow
og Benedicte, født von Qualen
født den 8. april 1810, Gift den 12. juli 1844
med Magdalene von Heimbruch
død den 20 sept. 1808
Din Kierlighed, Det var den styrke stor
Den lyste over dit Liv på Jord
som Solen en dejlig Morgen
Mindet om den vil følge dit Navn
og pege opad mod Kjærlighedens Havn
og lette de elskende Sorgen
.jpg "Reventlow, Heinrich 1724-1807")
1.jpg "Eduard Vilhelm Reventlow")
