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Portrait of Elizabeth Isabella Broughton, about seven years old, 1814

Out of Copyright. Image courtesy of the National Library of Australia. | Public Domain

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1814

Artist

Attributed to Richard Read, Sr. (c. 1765-c. 1827)

Collection

National Library of Australia

Image Link

https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/836060

Description

Attributed to Richard Read senior, and title assigned, by Rex Nan Kivell; Rex Nan Kivell Collection NK417. ; William Broughton came to Australia as a servant on the First Fleet, and later served at Norfolk Island. There he lived with Elizabeth Heathorn, who had arrived in 1792 as a convict. They had five children. In 1809 Elizabeth and her two-year-old daughter Betsy sailed for England on the ship "General Boyd", which on the way visited the east coast of New Zealand in search of timber spars. At Whangaroa the crew and passengers, save for Betsy and three others, were killed by Maoris. Three weeks later Alexander Berry, a Scots merchant also seeking timber, heard of the massacre and came to investigate and rescued the prisoners. Betsy was taken to South America on board Berry’s ship, for his cargo was destined for Lima, and waited there for nearly a year, until a ship bound for New South Wales arrived. After her return to Sydney her father had this portrait painted as a gift for the family who had cared for her in Lima. Betsy Broughton stayed in New South Wales, married and had seventeen children. She is buried at Bong Bong, near Moss Vale. Medium: watercolour.

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Public Domain

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Out of Copyright. Image courtesy of the National Library of Australia.

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Sydney, Australia

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