JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

JavaScript

imageURLarray = ["http://www.chambanamoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/file000978694068.jpg","http://images.frandroid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Test-Nexus-4.png"];

var $imgs = $(),i=0;
for (var img = 0; img < imageURLarray.length; img++) {
   $imgs = $imgs.add('<img/>');
}

var fctn = (function fctn(i){
    $imgs.eq(i).on('load',function(){
        //do some stuff
        //...
        console.log('loaded'+i);
        $('body').append($imgs.eq(i));
        fctn(++i);
    }).attr('src',imageURLarray[i]);    
})(0);