Thatcher who became a Led Zeppelin album cover star

Described as “a remarkable convergence of Victorian social history and 20th century musical heritage”, a gelatin silver print of the Wiltshire thatcher Lot Long sold for £16,000 (plus 20% buyer’s premium) at Denhams in Warnham, West Sussex on February 25.

This rare and historically important Victorian photograph was crucially also the source material f…

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