A note is made of each commission received, details of its method of execution, with the date and price agreed. The work done and additional expenditure are noted below this in one column. In the opposite column are sums paid along with the date and method of payment.
At the head of the volume is an alphabetical index of subjects, listed by name. At the rear of the volume is a condensed account of cash received.
Many of the entries state whether Chantrey paid the sums into his account at Coutts Bank. Each entry is then initialled by Chantrey.
At some point either late in the artist's career, or shortly after his death, another hand has added comments to many entries, and initialled them "A.C.". It is likely that this is wife
Lady Mary Anne Chantrey.