JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<a href="testUrl" >
                                    <span id="101"></span>                                  
                                </a>

JavaScript

var pic = "http://images.visitcanberra.com.au/images/canberra_hero_image.jpg"; 
var img = new Image();
img.onload = function() {
    var e = document.createElement("img");
    e.setAttribute("src", img.src);
    e.setAttribute("alt", "title");
    document.getElementById("101").appendChild(e);
}
img.src=pic;