jQuery.loadImg is a imgLoader.

• Takazudo/jQuery.loadImg - GitHub
• demo

$.loadImg loads img then cache the element into the memory.
Once the imgloading ends, $.loadImg returns the cloned element of the cached img.
This may let you handle img loading easily.
works on jQuery 1.6.2.

$.loadImg('somewhere/img.png').then(function($img){
    $('body').append($img);
},function(error){
    alert(error.msg);
});

Check the following article to know what happens inside.

• Script Junkie | Creating Responsive Applications Using jQuery Deferred and Promises