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'The Niobe of Nations', 1870. Artist: Joseph Swain
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Title:
'The Niobe of Nations', 1870. Artist: Joseph Swain
Caption:
'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 betrayal of his country. From Punch, or the London Charivari, November 5, 1870.
Credit:
Album / The Cartoon Collector / Heritage Images
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Image size:
3681 x 5106 px | 53.8 MB
Print size:
31.2 x 43.2 cm | 12.3 x 17.0 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
1870-1871 • 19TH CENTURY • ALLEGORICAL FIGURE • ARC • ARCH • ARCHES • ARCHWAY • ARCO • ARMES • ARMS • ARMS: BOW AND ARROW • ARROW • ARROWS • B & W • B / W • B W • B&W • BLACK & WHITE • BLACK AND WHITE • BOW (WEAPON) • BOW AND ARROW • BOW • CARTOON • CENTURY • CLOTHES • CONCEPT • COUNTRY • CRY • CRYING • DEFEAT • DEFEATED • DRAMATIC • DRESS • ENGRAVING • FRANCE • FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR • GATEWAY • GRIEF • GUERRA • HELMET • HUNDRED YEARS WAR • JOHN TENNIEL; TENNIEL • JOHN; SIR JOHN TENNIEL • JOSEPH SWAIN • JOSEPH • LOCATION • LYONS • METZ • MONOCHROMATIC • MONOCHROME • MOURN • MYTHOLOGY • NINETEENTH CENTURY • PARIS • ROBE • ROBES • SATIRE • SOLDIER • SOLDIERS • SWAIN • SWORD • SWORDS • TEARS • WAR • WARFARE • WARS • WEAPON • WEAPONARY • WEAPONRY • WEAPONS • WEEP • WEEPING
