JQuery :: Image Preload Animation Plugin For Webpages?

I'm trying to find a JQuery plugin that will:

a) preload all img's and background's on a given page

b) display an animated gif in the center of the original's img's or background's container

c) fade out showing each image once it's downloaded

d) as a consequence of (a) allow the page to render (show) quicker even if (depending on server speed, connection speed and user computer speed) the remaining images are still in a 'load state'.

e) is based on JQuery so not to increase page's footprint via adding Mootools, Prototype, YUI or the like (unless the additional 100KB or so is so worth it).

I've scouted Google and there a few out there but amazingly none seem to focus on doing this for a web page's image's but rather seem to focus on galleries/lightbox windows and so forth.