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Message:: [QUOTE="krispy, post: 1002365, member: 19065"]Batter up! Bank note engraver, Frederick Girsch, working for the American Bank Note Company, engraved the vignette on the back of the First Charter Period $100 note, a reproduction of John Trumbull's famous painting, 'The Signing of the Declaration of Independence'. Girsch also engraved a vignette of 'DeSoto Discovering the Mississippi in 1541' as seen on such notes as the: $10 National Bank Note (Original Series), $10 Series 1875 NBN (First Charter Period) and the Series 1918 $500 Note, Blue Seal. Question: Who painted the original painting of 'DeSoto Discovering the Mississippi in 1541'?[/QUOTE]