https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Ridpath-HistoryOfTheWorld-VolIII/pages/466-man-in-iron-mask/ A prisoner in France in the 1670s was transported between prisons with his face hidden by a cloth; rumours grew until Voltaire imagined him to wear an iron mask even in his cell. His identity is uncertain. The artist here, Daniel Vierge, developed a photographic way to avoid tracing pictures to make engravings. He had a stroke & had to draw with his left hand. #vintageArt #vintageEngravings #prisoner #ManInTheIronMask #GIMP #musician #prison #jail #gaol #fobo