This volume serves as a comprehensive scholarly record and critical inventory of the French drawings held within the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford. Dr. Jon Whiteley, a Senior Assistant Keeper in the Department of Western Art, utilizes his institutional expertise to document this significant collection. The work provides a systematic analysis of drawings ranging from the sixteenth to the early twentieth century, establishing a formal record for both well-known pieces and previously unpublished works.

Experts and art historians regard this catalog as a foundational reference for the study of French graphic art. Readers frequently note the academic density of the prose and the meticulous nature of the documentation provided by the author.