Tune in to Sheffield Museums' Facebook page on 1 July at 1pm for their next online talk.
Take a closer look at their portrait of the 18th century literary figure and medical pioneer, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, with Corinna Henderson, Curatorial Trainee with Sheffield Museums.
Radical, outspoken, and yet somewhat overshadowed by her male counterparts in the history books, it was Lady Mary who first campaigned to bring the method of vaccination against disease to England. This talk will take a detailed look at Lady Mary’s portrait from the collection at the Graves Gallery and explore her written accounts of living Turkey in the early 1700s, where she originally observed the method of engrafting – an early form of inoculation – first-hand.
If you can’t make the live broadcast, the video will be available to watch later on the Museums' Facebook Live page or on our Sheffield Museums Live archive page.
