Portrait of Queen Elizabeth II based on a portrait taken by Don Ford, under the supervision of designer Roger Withington, specifically for E Series Banknotes. The Queen is wearing Queen Alexandra's cluster earrings, Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee necklace, and Queen Mary's 'Girls of Great Britain and Ireland' tiara with bandeau base. Seated Britannia holding upright spear in left arm. Arrows representing the flow of electricity, magnetic field border at lower left.
Portrait of electric pioneer Michael Faraday based on photograph by John Watkins. Arc of light and chemical mixtures at top centre. At left, scene of Royal Christmas lecture given December 27, 1855 by Faraday on stage in front of crowd. HRH the Prince of Wales and HRH Prince Alfred depicted in crowd, the only non reigning royals ever to appear on an English banknote. In blue, a diagram of his magneto electric spark apparatus. Lecture scene faithfully recreated from a painting by Alexander Blaikley, but reversed on the banknote.
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