The Niobe of Nations Finish:Single View of the Mercers' Chapel

View of the Mercers' Chapel and Hall

Haberdashers' Hall

Motocycles Comiot (Advertising Poster)

5th July 1963

The Niobe of Nations Finish:Single View of the Mercers' Chapel'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