JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
by Brodingo
HTML
<div class="container">
<div class="image-1-class">
<div class="image-2-class-inner">
<a href="LINK" title="IMAGE 2" class="my-classes" rel="my link">
<img src="" alt="" title="IMAGE 2" />
</a>
</div>
</div>
<div class="image-1-class">
<div class="image-1-class-inner">
<img src="" alt="IMAGE 1" />
</div>
</div>
</div>
JavaScript
$linkWrap = $('a').clone().empty();
console.log($linkWrap);
$('.image-1-class-inner').find('img').wrap($linkWrap);