1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/image.js b/src/image.js
index 7546936..b01897d 100644
--- a/src/image.js
+++ b/src/image.js
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ SVG.Image = function() {
 // Inherit from SVG.Element
 SVG.Image.prototype = new SVG.Shape
 
+//
 SVG.extend(SVG.Image, {
   
   // (re)load image
@@ -12,4 +13,14 @@ SVG.extend(SVG.Image, {
     return (url ? this.attr('xlink:href', (this.src = url), SVG.xlink) : this)
   }
   
+})
+
+//
+SVG.extend(SVG.Container, {
+  // Create image element, load image and set its size
+  image: function(source, width, height) {
+    width = width != null ? width : 100
+    return this.put(new SVG.Image().load(source).size(width, height != null ? height : width))
+  }
+
 })
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