Double vision

[shewhomust]

Walter Crane's Garland for May Day 1895

The Byrds' Sweetheart of the Rodeo (click to see larger image)

I wonder if they are by any chance related?

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The cover art for the album is credited to Jo Mora, an artist working in California in the first half of the twentieth century (his Wikipedia entry has a fine decorative map by him) - in other words, they used a pre-existing image.

Further than that I can't go - or rather, the search for further information leads into byways I should not be taking time to explore this morning (such as the Digital Librarian's catalogue of online images).

Comments

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

It looks to me like Mora was inspired by/stole from Walter Crane.

I love Walter Crane.

[shewhomust.livejournal.com]

I love Walter Crane.

Me too.

It could be coincidence, though, a female figure framed by a garland... Would Jo Mora have known Crane's work? I'd love to know.

[durham-rambler.livejournal.com]

I have my father's swimming and life-saving certificates which would have been issued in the early 1930s by the London County Council. These were designed by Walter Crane and look wonderful.

Jo Mora (J.J. Mora)

[terryja.livejournal.com]

I am a serious collector of Jo Mora and I have not come across Walter Crane's name. Terry Ahlberg www.jomora.com

Re: Jo Mora (J.J. Mora)

[shewhomust.livejournal.com]

Thanks, Terry. I hadn't heard of Jo Mora until I started looking into this, so I've gained something from indulging my curiosity.