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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1556 Catherine de Medici possibly by Agnolo Bronzino
Maria Francisca Pignatelli and Gonzaga, Duchess of Medinaceli by Anton Raphael Mengs (location unknown to gogm)
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