Prospero and Ariel

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Prospero and Ariel by Eric Gill, 1932
Broadcasting House
Portland Place
London, January 2007

“For the Hague and Gill press he created the Joanna typeface, which was eventually adapted for commercial use by Monotype. He completed ‘The Four Gospels’, widely considered to be the finest of all the books produced by the Golden Cockerel Press, and began working on the sculpture ‘Prospero and Ariel’ for the BBC's Broadcasting House in London. Throughout 1931 and into 1932, Gill worked on ‘Prospero and Ariel’, and four other works for the BBC, on site in central London. Carving in the open air up on scaffolding in the middle of London further increased Gill's public profile. Although Gill had accepted the BBC's choice of subject matter when he took the commission, he did not see its relevance and frequently claimed that the figures he created represented God the Father and God the Son, the latter complete with the marks of the stigmata.” (Eric Gill, Wikipedia)