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 forgiengelige
af en ædel Menneskeven
en øm Ægtefælle og en kierlig Fader
CAI CONRAD DITLEV
greve af REVENTLOW
Født den 1. Juni 1785
gift den 4. Juni 1829 med
HANNE CAROLINE ROSENKILDE
som med tvende Døtre sørger
over hans Død den 31 Mai 1840
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