A fine clean copy of Apollo ~ Vol. CXLVI ~ No. 426, published in August 1997, and devoted to Thomas Gainsborough. Contents include scholarly articles on "Young Gainsborough and the English Taste for Dutch Landscape", by Susan Foister ~ "The Youthful Gainsborough and French Art", by Olivier Meslay ~ "Gainsborough's Materials and Methods", by Rica Jones ~ ""A Second Sentimental Journey" : Gainsborough Abroad", by Amal Asfour, Paul Williamson and Gertrude Jackson ~ "Gainsborough and William Jackson of Exeter : Studies in Two Hands", by Amal Asfour and Paul Williamson ~ "Ut Picture Poesis : William Jackson and John Bampfylde on the Teign", by Amal Asfour and Paul Williamson ~ "Neri di Bicci's "Assumption of the Virgin" for S. Trinita, Florence : Squaring the Pyramid", by Anabel Thomas, and, "Palazzo Spini Feroni, Florence", by Robin Simon, plus regular monthly features. Soft covers.