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Portrait of Edward Rigby, Surgeon. Elected Assistant Surgeon in 1772 at age 24, he served the Hospital for the next 50 years. He published 'Uterine Haemorrhage' in 1776. He was Mayor of Norwich in 1805, the same year he introduced the vaccination for smallpox in Norwich. He was related to the Martineau family through his mother.
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital
Norwich
Title
Edward Rigby (1747–1821)
Date
c.1819
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 91 x W 71 cm
Accession number
NWHHA : 1995.20.1
Acquisition method
gift, 1895
Work type
Painting
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital
Hospital Arts Project, Colney Lane, Norwich, Norfolk NR4 7UY England
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