Who Do You Think Should Be On The New £20 Note?

Members of the public are being asked to choose a famous figure from the world of visual art to be the face of the new £20.

The Bank of England has launched a consultation to nominate a painter, sculptor, photographer or fashion designer who has made a great contribution to British society to feature on the note.

Nominations can be made over the next two months via the Bank's website until the deadline of 19 July, with plans to announce the new face in spring 2016.

The new £20 will be introduced into circulation three to five years after the decision has been made.

The public nomination follows the Bank's move to set up a new character selection process at the end of 2013, which came after an outcry over a lack of women on paper money - prompting its decision to choose Pride And Prejudice author Jane Austen to appear on £10 notes from 2017.

A 35,000-name petition was presented to the Bank in 2013 in the wake of the decision to put Sir Winston Churchill on £5 notes in place of prison reformer Elizabeth Fry - one of only two female selections since historical figures were introduced in 1970.

Speaking at the launch of the nomination at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, Bank governor Mark Carney said: "There are a wealth of individuals within the field of visual arts whose work shaped British thought, innovation, leadership, values and society and who continue to inspire people today.

"I greatly look forward to hearing from the public who they would like to celebrate."

Nominations can only be made for historic visual artists and the Bank said it will not represent living characters on its banknotes.

Architects, ceramicists, print-makers and film-makers are also among visual artists who can be nominated.

The existing £20 note featuring Scottish economist Adam Smith was introduced in 2007.

Other historic characters depicted on previous notes include William Shakespeare , Charles Dickens, Sir Isaac Newton and Florence Nightingale.

Here is a small list of some of the many names which could be put forward:

JMW Turner

Alfred Hitchcock

Beatrix Potter

Richard Attenborough

John Constable

Elisabeth Frink

Cecil Beaton

Francis Bacon

Jean Muir

William Henry Fox Talbot

Noel Coward

Mary Moser

David Lean

Lucian Freud

Barbara Hepworth

Henry Moore

Jane Bown

Gertrude Jekyll