Roger, dressed in full detailed armour with a helmet and spurs, sits astride the hippogriff. The ornament on his helmet is a tiny winged sphinx with the breasts of a woman, the body of an animal with a long tail, and a bat-like face. Roger's body is twisted to the proper right, holding a nude Angelica in his arms (his proper right arm is around her proper left shoulder, and his proper left arm is under her proper right shoulder). Angelica is half sitting/half lying sideways on the back of the hippogriff with her head to the proper right and legs to the proper left. The hippogriff has the head, body, legs, hooves (on hind legs), tail and mane of a horse, and the beak, wings, and talons (on forelegs) of an eagle--in Barye's second version its beak is closed. The hippogriff is leaping through the air with its four legs almost straight out (the proper right foreleg and talon are bent). The belly of the hippogriff rests on the back of a giant coiled sea serpent/monster with the head of a dolphin. The head of this sea monster rests beneath the flying hind legs of the hippogriff. Crushed beneath the sea monster is a giant octopus/squid, whose head and tentacles are visible beneath the forelegs of the hippogriff. The octopus/squid and the sea monster/dolphin are surmounted by stylized waves; together they form the base of the sculpture. Base: sea monster/dolphin and giant octopus/squid surmounted by stylized waves; no rim.