{"id":567,"date":"2021-10-25T14:16:14","date_gmt":"2021-10-25T14:16:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress-566072-2146620.cloudwaysapps.com\/?page_id=567"},"modified":"2025-09-20T20:52:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-20T20:52:13","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/capitolgallery.com\/?page_id=567","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-columns alignfull stk-block-columns stk-block stk-e6999a1 stk-block-background stk--has-background-overlay\" data-block-id=\"e6999a1\"><style>.stk-e6999a1 .stk--block-align-e6999a1{align-items:flex-start !important;}.stk-e6999a1 {background-color:var(--theme-palette-color-4, #030306) !important;background-image:url(https:\/\/capitolgallery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/about-hero-image-scaled-1.webp) !important;padding-top:200px !important;padding-bottom:150px !important;margin-top:-9px !important;margin-bottom:0px !important;}.stk-e6999a1:before{background-color:var(--theme-palette-color-4, #030306) !important;opacity:1 !important;}@media screen and (max-width:999px){.stk-e6999a1 {padding-top:200px !important;padding-bottom:140px !important;}}@media screen and (max-width:689px){.stk-e6999a1 {padding-top:170px !important;padding-bottom:100px !important;}}<\/style><div class=\"stk-row stk-inner-blocks has-text-align-center-mobile stk--block-align-e6999a1 stk-block-content stk-content-align stk-e6999a1-column\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-column stk-block-column stk-column stk-block stk-254757e\" data-v=\"4\" data-block-id=\"254757e\"><style>.stk-254757e-container{margin-top:0px !important;margin-right:0px !important;margin-bottom:0px !important;margin-left:0px !important;}@media screen and (min-width:690px){.stk-254757e {flex:var(--stk-flex-grow, 1) 1 calc(60.6% - var(--stk-column-gap, 0px) * 1 \/ 2 ) !important;}}@media screen and (min-width:690px) and (max-width:999px){.stk-254757e {flex:var(--stk-flex-grow, 1) 1 75% !important;}}<\/style><div class=\"stk-column-wrapper stk-block-column__content stk-container stk-254757e-container stk--no-background stk--no-padding\"><div class=\"stk-block-content stk-inner-blocks stk-254757e-inner-blocks\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-50-font-size\"><span style=\"color: var(--theme-palette-color-8, #ffffff);\" class=\"stk-highlight\">The Story of<\/span> <span style=\"color: #8fadc6;\" class=\"stk-highlight\">Capitol Gallery<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-text stk-block-text stk-block stk-6c2d1e8\" data-block-id=\"6c2d1e8\"><style>.stk-6c2d1e8 {padding-top:29px !important;padding-right:29px !important;padding-bottom:29px !important;padding-left:29px !important;margin-bottom:3px !important;opacity:0.8 !important;}<\/style><p class=\"stk-block-text__text has-palette-color-8-color\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\" class=\"stk-highlight\">In the 1850s, J H. Taylor operated a thriving daguerreotype studio called Capitol Gallery, across from the Illinois State Capitol and just blocks away from the home of Abraham &amp; Mary Todd Lincoln. The Gallery provided photographic services to the town residents as well as to statehouse inhabitants and visitors. Other daguerreotypists working in Springfield at that time included Preston Butler, W.B. Farnham, owner of the National Gallery, John G. Stewart, H. S. Booth and Mrs. D. Martin. In 1855 Taylor took on a partner, August Duboce, who expanded Capitol Gallery&#8217;s services to include ambrotypes, tintypes, CDVs, cabinet cards and stereoviews.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-image-box stk-block-image-box stk-hover-parent stk-block stk-fd648ed\" data-block-id=\"fd648ed\"><style>.stk-fd648ed {margin-bottom:0px !important;}<\/style><div class=\"stk-block-content stk-inner-blocks has-text-align-center stk-row stk-block-image-box__content\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-column stk-block-column stk-column stk-block stk-e83d4c2\" data-v=\"4\" data-block-id=\"e83d4c2\"><style>.stk-e83d4c2 {align-items:center !important;display:flex !important;}<\/style><div class=\"stk-column-wrapper stk-block-column__content stk-container stk-e83d4c2-container stk--no-background stk--no-padding\"><div class=\"stk-block-content stk-inner-blocks stk-e83d4c2-inner-blocks\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-image stk-block-image stk-block stk-9462978\" data-block-id=\"9462978\"><style>.stk-9462978 .stk-img-figcaption{text-align:center !important;}.stk-9462978 {margin-bottom:0px !important;}.stk-9462978 .stk-img-wrapper{width:388px !important;height:300px !important;}<\/style><figure><span class=\"stk-img-wrapper stk-image--shape-stretch\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"stk-img wp-image-1538\" src=\"https:\/\/capitolgallery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IL-old-st-capitol.jpeg\" width=\"250\" height=\"222\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"stk-img-figcaption\">Illinois State Capitol 1855<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-palette-color-8-color has-palette-color-4-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-a32f6aac724021e06e1f3a025ca60a4c\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.156), 16px);\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\" class=\"stk-highlight\">For over 25 years Capitol Gallery has incorporated this great heritage to offer a comprehensive range of 19th century photographic fine art and related ephemera. We maintain an inventory of hard images such as daguerreotypes, ambrotypes and tintypes, and a diverse selection of paper photography including CDVs, cabinet cards, albumen and gelatin silver prints, photogravurers and woodburytypes, by American, English and European photographers.&nbsp;<br><br>As one of the Midwest&#8217;s preeminent dealers in images cases, we also offer one of the finest selections of thermoplastic frames and cases. Bridging the historical gap, Capitol Gallery also offers a selection of turn-of-the-century and 20th century photography by American and European artists. After being down the street from the original Capitol Gallery for over 14 years, we moved to the beautiful hills of West Virginia in the fall of 2008. 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