The Niobe of Nations Kensal Green Winchester Almshouses

Winchester Almshouses

manager Lawrie McMenemy

Mosaic pavement from the British Museum

Although Hastings was too astute to challenge Richard directly the king had him beheaded in the courtyard of the Tower of London

The Niobe of Nations Kensal Green Winchester Almshouses'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