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Prospero and Ariel

            Eric Gill's sculpture on Broadcasting House, London. 

The boy Ariel is naked (obviously), and the story goes that there were complaints about the size of his penis - so John Reith, then Director-General of the BBC, ordered Gill to amend it.

It was said that "maidens are said to blush and youths to pass disparaging remarks regarding the statues of Prospero and Ariel".

 In the Evening News of 23 March 1933, St Pancras's Conservative MP, Sir George Gibson Mitcheson, who lived opposite the BBC, suggested to Parliament that the figures of Prospero and Ariel were "objectionable to public morals and decency".

Taken on: March 5, 2008

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Camera: Panasonic DMC-FZ18, f/8.0, 1/800 sec, 35.2mm, ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Panasonic DMC-FZ18
Aperture:	f/8.0
Exposure Time:	0.001 sec (1/800)
Focal Length:	35.2mm
ISO:	100
Exposure Bias:	-0.33 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Program AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Picasa 3.0
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