H. C. Spencer, one of the many Spencers who succeeded Platt Rogers Spencer, the man who gave Spencerian calligraphy its name. (Fine engraving by J. C. Buttre.)

Image from Spencerian Key to Practical Penmanship, one of many new items in @letterformarchive’s Online Archive: https://oa.letterformarchive.org/item?workID=lfa_writingmanuals_0088&targPic=lfa_writingmanuals_0088_004.jpg

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