Composition sepia and white. Contour lines and some shaded. Portrait of half-bust of Manuel Bandeira occupying almost the entire support area against white background. The pictured 3/4 is facing right, has a face suggesting that oval, only suggested hair, slightly prominent forehead looking up small parallel folds horizontally to the left; wears glasses of fine round hoops, seeing it through the lens of the on the right eye only bypassed without setting pupil or iris; hooked nose, thick, closed lips and small chin rounded. See if the neck is short, part of the suit, shirt and tie. On the right, one sees the on the left shoulder and of the arm.