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Where would you look to find Lot Long aka "stick man"?

Question #150702. Asked by BigTriviaDawg.
Last updated Feb 24 2024.
Originally posted Feb 24 2024 9:19 PM.

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On an album cover!

This particular stick man is a Wiltshire thatcher (Lot Long) weighed down by a huge bundle of sticks. The original Victorian-era photograph appears on the cover of the eponymous "Led Zeppelin IV" (1971) album. One of the most popular tracks from the album is "Stairway to Heaven."

link https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/researchers-have-finally-identified-the-mystery-man-on-a-led-zeppelin-album-cover-180983225/
Research in 2023 suggests that the stooped figure is Lot Long (or Lot Longyear, 1823–1893), a thatcher from Mere, Wiltshire and that the image, which had previously been described as an oil painting, is a black and white photograph dating to 1892 which had been hand-coloured. The photograph was taken by Ernest Howard Farmer, the first head of the school of photography at Regent Street Polytechnic.
link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Led_Zeppelin_IV

Response last updated by psnz on Feb 24 2024.
Feb 24 2024, 9:21 PM
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