Curious 19th Century Papered Box with Interior Lion Engraving and Signed Japanese Paper Underside atlas carpet tacks box A couple of minor old

A couple of minor old fold lines on legs

with a little rippling to the paper (maybe from moisture at some point)

and also feeling somewhat anthropomorphic

14 1/2" tall x 10 1/4" wide x 5/8" thick

Curious 19th Century Papered Box with Interior Lion Engraving and Signed Japanese Paper Underside atlas carpet tacks box A couple of minor oldYou are surely smarter than I am and can identify the building at the center of the lid on this antique papered box; looks a bit like the U. S. Capital building, but not quite. I find it a lovely thing whatever the case, made all the better for the blue ink lion engraving adhered to the underside of the lid, and what I believe is Japanese woodblock printed paper on the bottom, signed in red ink characters. And then just a fragment of text along one