All the banknotes in the UK have a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II on the front and a 0) ► famous (fame) historical person on the back. Read on to find out more... The five-pound note, or fiver, is blue and green in colour and has a portrait of Elizabeth Fry on the back. Fry made her name by improving living conditions for women in European prisons. The main 1) ....... (illustrate) on the note shows her reading to female 2) ....... (prison) in Newgate Prison. The ten-pound note, or tenner, is orange in colour. It was first issued in 1759. Since 2000, Victorian naturalist, Charles Darwin, who developed the theory of evolution, has been on the back of the note. You can also see Darwin's ship the HMS Beagle as well as 3) ....... (vary) flowers and animals he came across on his travels, in particular the humming bird. The twenty-pound note is purple and up until very 4) ....... (recent), it had a picture of British 5) ....... (compose), Sir Edward Elgar, on the back. The new twenty-pound note shows Adam Smith, one of the fathers of modern day economics. The fifty-pound note is red and has a picture of Sir John Houblon on the back. Houblon was the first governor of the Bank of England. This note also shows an image of Houblon's house in Threadneedle Street, London which is the site of the bank's present day 6) ........(build).