JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<div class="image_container">
     <image src="http://placehold.it/100x100/" height="100" width="100" alt=""/>
</div>

CSS

.image_container {
    width: 300px;
    height: 300px;
    background: #eee;
    text-align: center;
    line-height: 300px;
}

.image_container img {
    vertical-align: middle;
}