Led Zeppelin's iconic fourth album was released 52 years ago today (November 8), and its cover art has been the subject of much conjecture in the decades since, with talk of runes, tarot and the occult. One of the greatest mysteries has been the identify of the painted figure on the front cover, a stooped man with a burden of sticks on his back.
It's not a painting. It's a picture of a Victorian artisan taken in the English countryside in 1892. 297 Lot Long, who worked as a thatcher in the 1890s. His image became the face of the album
Previously believed to be a painting, the cover art for Led Zepellin's IV album is actually a photograph of a Victorian thatcher taken in the English countryside in 1892.
The album's cover artwork was radically absent of any indication of the band name or a title. The framed, coloured image of the stooped man, which has often been referred to as a painting, was
When the album was released as untitled, it did run into identification problems, and although it quickly became known as Led Zeppelin IV, Atlantic records catalogues used the rather lengthy title Four Symbols and The Fourth Album. It has been the debate on what call the project that has really added to the album's mystique.
IV : Led Zeppelin : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive. Webamp. Volume 90%. 1 01 - Black Dog 04:57. 2 02 - Rock And Roll 03:41. 3 03 - The Battle Of Evermore 05:53. 4 04 - Stairway To Heaven 08:03. 5 05 - Misty Mountain Hop 04:39. 6 06 - Four Sticks 04:46.

Learn how the iconic album cover of Led Zeppelin IV was inspired by an antique painting of an old man with a bundle of sticks and a Tarot card. The cover also represents the band's balance between tradition and innovation, and their quest for the light of truth.

Jimmy Page frequently refers to the album in interviews as "the fourth album" but has also used Led Zeppelin IV. Robert Plant has always stayed true to the original course, Page spotted the typeface lettering in an advertisement in The Studio - an old Arts and Crafts magazine from the late 19th century. He found the lettering .
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