Oval marble relief portraying Lord Byron in left-facing profile, wearing a laurel wreath tied at the nape of the neck. The hair is brushed forward with long curling locks at the temple; the forehead slopes gently above a curved eyebrow; the nose is slightly fleshy; the lips full; the chin rounded and firm. The ear is lobeless, a physiognomic detail repeatedly noted by contemporaries and present in Thorvaldsen’s bust from life.

The bust is truncated at the base of the neck and set against a plain oval ground. The surface shows subtle tonal variation and light wear consistent with age; the reverse is plain.