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Photo of Wiltshire thatcher featured on Led Zeppelin album cover

Fan and historian, Brian Edwards found the original picture used on the sleeve of Led Zeppelin IV when looking through a photograph album for other research.

The figure is most likely Lot Long from Mere in Wiltshire, photographed by Ernest Farmer.

Photo credit: Wiltshire Museum, Devizes

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