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Message:: [QUOTE="Philodemus, post: 1231517, member: 32246"]Trial drawings for reverse of 1937 C $10 bill or the 1935 $2 bill. Pt 4 GEORGE FANAIS Here is another poster that is signed, and by someone known to have worked for the BABN, George Fanais:  <img src="http://i1138.photobucket.com/albums/n527/philodemean/FanaisClose-1-1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://i1138.photobucket.com/albums/n527/philodemean/IMG_8964-2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> Although it's not visible in the first photograph, it has "E11" in the top left corner.  Here is some information on George Fanais from the 1981 Glebe Report: George Fanais graduated in 1941 at the age of 19, winning the Lieutenant-Governor General's award forproficiency in painting. He was hired by the British American Bank Note Company as successor to Emmanuel Hahn. He has created artfor stamps, cheques andcurrency. He was paid a full salary but only had to work two days a week. This freed him to pursue portrait painting. He painted leading industrialists suchas Benson Beach, Presidentof Beach Foundry and he also painted Prime Minister, Sir Robert Borden. Fanais was several times winner of the United Appeal Poster Contest. I think that all the unsigned images I'm presenting are by George Fanais, but I would be grateful for any feedback.  Two more posts and then I'll have images of all six currency drawing up.  [/QUOTE]