Linen: 40 count Eureka by Fox and Rabbit    Thread: DMC
Stitch Count:   174 wide x 219 high    Design Size on 40 count: 8.7 inches w x 10.95 inches high
Original: approx. 11.5 inches wide x 16 1/3 inches high over two threads on 30 count linen with cotton  Stitches used: cross stich over two, straight stitch for commas

About Anne Frances Ennis’s specimen pages and cross stitch samplers: A collection of six needlework specimens were obtained together from an antique dealer, five being needlework specimen book samples, and one a diminutive bonnet. Three of the needlework samplers have the name Anne Frances Ennis: the oldest one being this colorful sampler with words to live by filling the body of the sampler dated April 1846