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A half-length portrait of Broughton slightly to the right, in a captain’s undress uniform. He wears a black stock, frilled shirt and epaulettes. After serving as a midshipman on the coast of North America and the East Indies, in 1790 he was appointed to command the brig ‘Chatham’ to accompany George Vancouver on his voyage of discovery. En route to the north-west coast of America, via the Cape of Good Hope, in 1791 Broughton discovered a cluster of craggy islands south of New Zealand called the Snares, as well as Chatham Island. He also surveyed a part of the north-west coast which became known as the Broughton Archipelago in Queen Charlotte Sound. The name has not survived, though one island in the group is now Broughton Island. In 1792 he entered the Columbia River and explored it in boats for 100 miles upstream as far as Point Vancouver and later published his survey. In 1793 he travelled to Vera Cruz, overland from San Blas, on his way to England with dispatches.
Title
Captain William Broughton (1762–1821)
Date
19th C
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 76 x W 63.5 cm
Accession number
BHC2576
Work type
Painting
National Maritime Museum
Romney Road, Greenwich, London, Greater London SE10 9NF England
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