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HTML

<div id="preview"></div>

<p class="imgLink" target="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PIVEfZSxGM0/TN7Ny_a2xyI/AAAAAAAAAEE/9fVQlHXpJBQ/s320/Monkeys-Free-Screensaver_2.jpg">Monkeys</p>

<p class="imgLink" target="http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/naturelibrary/images/ic/credit/640x395/l/li/lion/lion_1.jpg">Lions</p>

<p class="imgLink" target="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/10/25/article-2222862-154776DA000005DC-195_634x636.jpg">Trees</p>

CSS

div {
    width:200px;
    height:200px;
    border: thin black solid;
}

JavaScript

$('.imgLink').hover(function(){
    $('#preview').css({'background':'url('+ $(this).attr('target') +')'});
},function(){
    $('#preview').css({'background':''});
});