The monument consists of a bronze statue of Antonio Cánovas del Castillo by Joaquín Bilbao at the top of a pedestal designed by José Grases Riera that features additional sculptural elements by Bilbao.

Following the description by Carlos Luis de Cuenca y Velasco, the monument features a lower circular basement.

[1] Over the first course, it lies a body with 12 drawers decorated with ornamental plants, featuring some buttresses on its superior limit.

[1] In the middle body, there are two bronze sculptural groups placed in two ledges: on the front ledge there is a seated statue—History—writing the remarkable facts of the Cánovas' life in a book and a second standing statue—Glory—that leans with one hand on History and pulls with the other hand a laurel wreath touching the name of Cánovas, carved on the column emerging from the central body;[1] on the back ledge there is a bronze trophy formed by a lion, the Spanish coat of arms and a flag.

[1] The truncated column is topped by a statue of Cánovas in an oratorical attitude, advancing his right arm while resting his left hand on a book placed on a pedestal.