A fine clean copy of Apollo ~ Vol. CXLVIII ~ No. 439, published in September 1998, and devoted to John Singer Sargent. Contents include scholarly articles on "Sargent, Velazquez and the Critics ~ "Velazquez Come to Life Again"", by Marc Simpson ~ "Sargent in Paris", by Elaine Kilmurray and Richard Ormond ~ "John Singer Sargent's Later Portraits : The Artist's Techniques and Materials", by Jacqueline Ridge and Joyce Townsend ~ "The "Journal de Danloux" : Rediscovery and Reinterpretation", by Angelica Godden ~ "Gustave Moreau from "Song of Songs" { 1853 } to "Orpheus" {1866 } : The Making of a Symbolist Painter", by Peter Cooke, and, "Thomas and Richard Roberts : Royal Chair-Makers", by Geoffrey Beard and John Cross, plus regular monthly features. Soft covers.