The Niobe of Nations mb-width 4520 The church became Southwark Cathedral

The church became Southwark Cathedral in 1905

occupied by the conspirators who were plotting to assassinate the British Cabinet in 1820

whilst William Pitt is presented as an idol on stilts

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

The Niobe of Nations mb-width 4520 The church became Southwark Cathedral'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