The step-by-step invention of this idealized Bastille prisoner can be observed from day to day in contemporary newspapers and graphic satires. Finally, even an alleged "interview" was published in which de Lorges told of his terrible persecution and Curtius's waxworks permitted curious citizens to marvel at the freedom martyr "in the flesh".
"Befreiung des Comtes de Lorges aus der Bastille nach 32jähriger Gefangenschaft", coloured aquatint, France, 1789, unknown artist; source: Prometheus – Das verteilte Bildarchiv für Forschung und Lehre, Lexikon der Revolutions-Ikonographie, Justus Liebig Universität Gießen, Historisches Institut, http://prometheus.uni-koeln.de/pandora/image/show/giessen_lri-fc22724a40669fdc74b080b35586c83e9272e646.