The Man on the Led Zeppelin IV Cover Has Been Identified

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According to The Guardian and The New York Times reports, the identity of the man emblazoned on the cover of Led Zeppelin’s untitled fourth studio album has been released. The classic artwork features an older man who is seen hunched over and carrying a bale of twigs on his back. University of the West of England research fellow Brian Edwards discovered that the photograph is a black and white still from the Victorian era and depicts a Wiltshire thatcher by the name of Lot Long. Long was born in Mere in 1823 and later died in 1893. According to The Guardian, he was a widower “living in a small cottage in Shaftesbury Road” at the time the photo was taken.