Science and technology in Turner's Georgian dentist's rooms.
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.
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Queen Anne House, 2a St Andrew Street, Hertford, SG14 1JA.
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D003748:Dental Equipment / Q000266:history; D003770:Dental Offices / Q000266:history*; D004739:England; D049671:History, 18th Century; D007754:Laboratories, Dental / Q000266:history*; D008512:Medicine in the Arts; D010151:Paintings / Q000266:history*