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HTML

<div id="images">
</div>

JavaScript

var thumb = "http://www.google.com/images/logos/ps_logo2.png";

$('<a>') // create anchor first
  .attr('href','#') // set anchor HREF attribute
  .append( // inside it, append an image
    $('<img>') // new image
      .attr('src',thumb) // set image SRC attribute
  ) // end append
  .appendTo('#images') // add to image body