one work around, is to use firefox, with the plug-in called 'Adblock Plus' installed. you can block individual images from being displayed in your browser page. right click on the image, and then on the pull down menu select "Adblock Plus: Block image...". in the 'Add Adblock Plus filter rule" property sheet, select the radio button for the specific image. then click the 'Add filter' button.
you may always remove the filter later.