A fine clean copy of Apollo ~ Vol. CXXXVII ~ No. 374, published in April 1993 and devoted to The National Trust Historic Houses and Collections. Contents include scholarly articles on "Solvitur Ambulando : The Travels and Trials of a National Trust Advisor", by St John Gore ~ "Sharawadgi Rediscovered : The Chinese House at Stowe", by Gervase Jackson-Stops ~ "The Beginnings of Claremont : Sir John Vanbrugh's Garden at Chargate in Surrey", by John Harris ~ "O Tempera, o mores ! : The Ruin Paintings in the Dining Room at Shugborough", by Alastair Laing ~ "A Timely Gift : Mrs Adam Smith's Porcelain at Mompesson House, Salibury", by Anthony du Boulay ~ "The Britzchka Chariot at Shugborough : A Noble Form of Travel", by Christopher Nicholson ~ "Horrid and Curious : Art and Early Industrialisation in Wales", by Richard Keen ~ "Parsimony by Candllight : Lord Warrington's Silver Lighting Equipment", by James Lomax ~ "Designing around the Statues : Matthew Brettingham's Casts at Kedleston", by John Kenworthy-Browne ~ ""Sold Christie's - Bought Agnew" : The Art Collection of Lord Armstrong at Cragside", by Oliver Garnett ~ "Then and Now : Condy's Coloured Views of Antony", by Richard Carew Pole ~ "Far from Elegant, Yet Exceedingly Curious : Neo-Norman Furnishings at Penrhyn Castle", and, "Exhibition Review : Victorian Landscape Watercolours", by Nicholas Alfrey, plus regular monthly features. Soft covers.
