Public Shared Function ImageToHtml(strImageFile As String) As String
        Using b As New Bitmap(strImageFile)
            Dim w As String = b.Width.ToString
            Dim p As Color
            Dim clr As String
            Dim sb As New System.Text.StringBuilder

            For y As Integer = 0 To b.Height - 1
                sb.Append("<tr><td height=""1px"" style=""width:" & w & "px;background:linear-gradient(to right,")

                For x = 0 To b.Width - 1
                    p = b.GetPixel(x, y)
                    clr = System.Drawing.ColorTranslator.ToHtml(p)
                    sb.Append(clr & ",")
                Next

                sb.Remove(sb.Length - 1, 1)
                sb.Append(")""></td></tr>")
            Next

            Return "<div style=""display:inline-block;vertical-align:middle""><table cellpadding=""0px"" cellspacing=""0px"" style=""width:" & w & "px""><tbody>" & sb.ToString & "</tbody></table></div>"
        End Using
End Function

'Usage:
Dim s As String = "C:\YOURIMAGE.jpg"
Dim result As String = ImageToHtml(s)
Debug.Print(result)

'Resize support:

    Public Shared Function ImageToHtml(b As Bitmap) As String
        Dim w As String = b.Width.ToString
        Dim p As Color
        Dim clr As String
        Dim sb As New System.Text.StringBuilder

        For y As Integer = 0 To b.Height - 1
            sb.Append("<tr><td height=""1px"" style=""width:" & w & "px;background:linear-gradient(to right,")

            For x = 0 To b.Width - 1
                p = b.GetPixel(x, y)
                clr = System.Drawing.ColorTranslator.ToHtml(p)
                sb.Append(clr & ",")
            Next

            sb.Remove(sb.Length - 1, 1)
            sb.Append(")""></td></tr>")
        Next

        Return "<div style=""display:inline-block;vertical-align:middle""><table cellpadding=""0px"" cellspacing=""0px"" style=""width:" & w & "px""><tbody>" & sb.ToString & "</tbody></table></div>"
    End Function

    Public Shared Function ResizeImage(ByVal image As Image, ByVal width As Integer, ByVal height As Integer) As Bitmap
        'https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1922040/how-to-resize-an-image-c-sharp

        Dim destRect = New Rectangle(0, 0, width, height)
        Dim destImage = New Bitmap(width, height)
        destImage.SetResolution(image.HorizontalResolution, image.VerticalResolution)

        Using g = Graphics.FromImage(destImage)
            g.CompositingMode = System.Drawing.Drawing2D.CompositingMode.SourceCopy
            g.CompositingQuality = System.Drawing.Drawing2D.CompositingQuality.HighQuality
            g.InterpolationMode = System.Drawing.Drawing2D.InterpolationMode.HighQualityBicubic
            g.SmoothingMode = System.Drawing.Drawing2D.SmoothingMode.HighQuality
            g.PixelOffsetMode = System.Drawing.Drawing2D.PixelOffsetMode.HighQuality

            Using w = New System.Drawing.Imaging.ImageAttributes()
                w.SetWrapMode(System.Drawing.Drawing2D.WrapMode.TileFlipXY)
                g.DrawImage(image, destRect, 0, 0, image.Width, image.Height, GraphicsUnit.Pixel, w)
            End Using
        End Using

        Return destImage
    End Function

'Usage:
        Dim s As String = "C:\YOURIMAGE.jpg"

        Using b As New Bitmap(s)
            Using resizedImage As Bitmap = ResizeImage(b, 72, 72)
                Dim result As String = ImageToHtml(resizedImage)
                Debug.Print(result)
            End Using
        End Using