Following the introductory essay on "Murillo and the Art of Drawing" is the catalogue raisonné of 87 authentic drawings, organized chronologically by period. There are several appendices: Drawings from the Sale of Baron de St. Helens (1840); 19th-century sales of drawings attributed to Murillo in Paris; signatures and inscriptions by Murillo; and antecedents for Murillo's drawings. There are also alphabetical, topographical, and iconographical indices.