There were also historical figures on the cover of "Physical Graffiti." These ranged from astronaut Buzz Aldrin and JFK assassin Lee Harvey Oswald to Queen Elizabeth II and a seemingly random choice of bodybuilder Charles Atlas. Marcel Duchamp, considered the grandfather of conceptual art, and early rocker Jerry Lee Lewis also made appearances. Religious figures, too, are represented on the cover, including the Virgin Mary and Pope Leo XIII, the head of the Roman Catholic Church from 1878 to 1903, who was known for being more accepting of science, per Britannica.
Since this was a Led Zeppelin album, the band makes an appearance, albeit in drag. Their manager, Peter Grant, notorious for using his prodigious size to bully anyone who stood in his way, is also featured (via Ultimate Classic Rock). The album, released on February 24, 1975, eventually sold more than 16 million copies in the U.S., per This Day in Music. "Mainly we were thinking of putting out an album to knock people's socks off and we wanted the packaging to be great too," Jimmy Page told Record Collector. "Everyone paid so much attention to artwork at that time, not just Led Zeppelin of course. Album sleeves were works of art."
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