Stone Column Capital (Leftover from Nearby Old US Capitol Columns Exhibit) (Washington, D.C.)

 sculpture, interesting place

One leftover column capital from the former US Capitol columns exhibit across this field.
the capital is installed at ground level for close-up appreciation of the foliate-design carving.

One part of the exhibit just to the east, which is:

Sandstone columns with carved Corinthian-style acanthus-leaf capitals circa 1828 from the East Portico of the US Capitol. In storage since about 1960 after a restoration, the columns were moved here in the 1980's. Traces of old white paint are visible in places. The steps which once led to the East Portico were also placed here to form a flat plaza; the stones are set upon their sides so that old markings and ciphers incised by the long-ago quarry workers and stone carvers are visible.

See also:
www.usna.usda.gov/Gardens/collections/columns.html