you could check like:
function is_cached(img_url){
var imgEle = document.createElement("img");
imgEle.src = img_url;
return imgEle.complete || (imgEle.width+imgEle.height) > 0;
}
//and check, returns true or false depending on cached or not
is_cached("http://www.somesite.com/some_image.jpg");