The volume covers his work from 1883-1899 where he produced not portraits but pastoral scenes and landscapes. Included in this book, John Singer Sargent: Figures and Landscapes, 1883-1899: The Complete Paintings, Volume 5, are his lush landscapes and boating paintings. Also included is the first detailed account of his personal and professional relationship with French Impressionist painter Claude Monet. Many of their letters can be read here.