The wreck painting was used in the 1960s by UK satrical magazine "Private Eye" (the joke being, one of the drowing men says to another: "That's the last time I book a Thompsons holiday ... ")

It's a very common image.  The photo of Neptune on the cover, however, would have been only about 1 year old at the time.  I think it came from Voyager 2.

John

> Message date : May 06 2005, 03:43 PM
> From : "Tony Stuart"
> To : klf@mailman.xmission.com
> Copy to :
> Subject : Re: [KLF] SPACE vs. The Pogues
> Cover art for both Space and Pogues albums are based on the classic
> old naval painting, "The Raft of the Medusa" from 1819. the original
> is hanging in the Louvre in Paris.
>
> large scan:
>
> http://www.artchive.com/artchive/g/gericault/raft_of_the_medusa.jpg
>
> "Although baroque tactics abound, G�ricault's use of shock tactics,
> stunning the viewer's sensibilities, amounted to something new - a new
> tone and intention that distinguished the "high" phase of
> romanticism."
>
> http://www.pogues.com/Misc/Medusa.html
>
> t
>
> On 5/4/05, say.map@ihug.co.nz wrote:
> > > Rum, Sodomy & The Lash
> > > Very similar to the SPACE album cover (as based on the
> > > same picture), yet it was done almost 10 years earlier.
> > > Funny coincidence.
> >
> > Firstly it was 4 years before. Rum, Sodomy & The Lash came
> > out in 1986, Space in 1990.
> >
> > Secondly, it's hardly a co-incidence. Rum, Sodomy & The Lash
> > was a hugely popular LP in the UK. I would imagine that Jimi
> > deliberately stole the idea and re-interpreted it.
> >
> > cheers
> >
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