Highlights

Artist
Francisco Iardella
Benjamin H. Latrobe
Medium
Sandstone
Location
Small Senate Rotunda
U.S. Capitol Building

Sixteen columns in the small Senate rotunda of the U.S. Capitol feature tobacco capitals designed by Benjamin H. Latrobe, then modeled and carved by Francisco Iardella.

A different tobacco motif designed by Thomas U. Walter is also used in the capitals of the 28 columns in the Hall of Columns.