The Niobe of Nations mb-width 4520 The York and Lancaster Towers

The York and Lancaster Towers date from this time

One of the Queen's Guardsmen in a park with a dog

View showing figures including a detatchment of mounted soldiers and a milkmaid

whilst William Pitt is presented as an idol on stilts

The Niobe of Nations mb-width 4520 The York and Lancaster Towers'The Niobe of Nations', 1870. A weeping Frances gathers her sisters, Paris, Metz and Lyons around her, Paris defiant to the last. Niobe, in Greek mythology, died of grief when her 12 children were killed. She was turned to stone by Zeus. This relates to the one of the final acts of France's war against Prussia. Metz had been surrendered to the Prussians. The drunken and cowardly behaviour of the French troops led to their general being charged with