Turner's painting of a dental surgeon's rooms, discussed in the first of these two papers,1 is a very satisfying work of art, successful in its relaying of a domestic drama, and also fulfilling Payne Knight's commission to produce a work to equal that of the older masters. It cannot, though, be relied upon to show us what a late Georgian dentist's rooms actually looked like. For this we are very fortunate to have Turner's sketchbook, with its preparatory drawings for the painting. © British Dental Journal 2005.
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Bishop, M., Gelbier, S., & King, J. (2005, March 12). Science and technology in Turner’s Georgian dentist’s rooms. British Dental Journal. https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.bdj.4812128
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