She was wife of the UK Ambassador to Ottoman Turkey and wrote extensively about what she saw. One Turkish practice that caught on was variolation against smallpox; adapted by Edward Jenner into vaccination, a procedure in widespread use today against numerous diseases. Her Wikipedia article is here.
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ca. 1555 Caterina de' Medici by ? (Galleria degli Uffizi - Firenze, Toscana, Italy)
Maria Francisca Pignatelli and Gonzaga, Duchess of Medinaceli by Anton Raphael Mengs (location unknown to gogm)
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu in late medieval costume by Charles Jervas (National Gallery of Ireland - Dublin, Ireland)
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