Anna Stutt-Gittins
(Portrait courtesy of Michael Sull, bio
courtesy of Paul Melzer)
Anna Stutt hailed
from Illinois. She was a student of A. N. Palmer in Cedar Rapids, then moved to
New York and worked for famous engraver Archibald McLees. McLees engraved the
famous New Spencerian Compendium of Penmanship in the late 1800's. She was
called home by her parents, however. She married (Gittins) and lived a long
life, though much of it was handicapped by a stroke she suffered. To her
credit, her ornamental script was compared to that of Louis Madarasz.
