Eric Gill’s statue outside the BBC in 2019. Image ... but because of who had created it. The Ariel and Prospero sculpture was hand-carved in 1932 by the artist, designer and sculptor Eric Gill, whose ...

Lesley Curwen wrote in with a photo of it under construction in around 1930 Artistic commissions adorn the building, notably Eric Gill’s statue over the front entrance of Prospero and Ariel.