Yeah. That picture is from when Yoko lost her baby right?
I don't like Double Fantasy's.
I think most album art is quite appalling. Check out the standard next time you're trawling through the charity shops. Good album art seems to be the exception, not the rule. I would call John's at worst okay - these nothing that leaps out as bad, but nothing that stands out as extra good.
But could Epstein have insisted on them using the original? And come to think of it, could he have wielded any power with Capitol over their covers, and titing about with the track listings?