SJ8397 : Prospero and Ariel, Manchester Central Library Shakespeare Window
taken 11 years ago, near to Manchester, England

This panel depicts Ariel and Prospero who both appear in Shakespeare's play The Tempest. Ariel is a spirit who is bound to serve the magician Prospero, who rescued him from the tree in which he was imprisoned by Sycorax, the witch who previously inhabited the island.
Manchester Central Library, which is the second-biggest public lending library in Britain (after Birmingham's), is a circular building, south of the extended Town Hall. The library was constructed between 1930 and 1934 but, because of its traditional neoclassical design, many people mistakenly believe that it is much older. The form of the building, a columned portico attached to a rotunda domed structure, is loosely derived from the Pantheon, Rome
The building, which was first opened by King George V on 17 July 1934, is a Grade II* listed building (English Heritage ID:457312 LinkBritish Listed Buildings). It re-opened in March 2014, after a four-year project to renovate and modernise its facilities (Link
The Guardian)
LinkInside Central Library (Manchester City Council)