sphinx-gallery
diff --git a/‎sphinx_gallery/gen_gallery.py
Lines changed: 3 additions & 2 deletions b/‎sphinx_gallery/gen_gallery.py
Lines changed: 3 additions & 2 deletions
diff --git a/‎sphinx_gallery/gen_rst.py
Lines changed: 23 additions & 1 deletion b/‎sphinx_gallery/gen_rst.py
Lines changed: 23 additions & 1 deletion
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ def __call__(self, gallery_conf, script_vars):
     'doc_module': (),
     'exclude_implicit_doc': {},
     'reference_url': {},
-    'capture_repr': ('_repr_html_', '__repr__'),
+    'capture_repr': ('_repr_html_', '_repr_svg_', '_repr_png_', '__repr__'),
     'ignore_repr_types': r'',
     # Build options
     # -------------
@@ -171,7 +171,8 @@ def _fill_gallery_conf_defaults(sphinx_gallery_conf, app=None,
 
     # Check capture_repr
     capture_repr = gallery_conf['capture_repr']
-    supported_reprs = ['__repr__', '__str__', '_repr_html_']
+    supported_reprs = ('__repr__', '__str__', '_repr_html_', '_repr_png_',
+                       '_repr_svg_')
     if isinstance(capture_repr, tuple):
         for rep in capture_repr:
             if rep not in supported_reprs:
 
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 import sys
 import traceback
 import codeop
+import base64
 
 from sphinx.errors import ExtensionError
 import sphinx.util
@@ -174,6 +175,21 @@ def __exit__(self, type_, value, tb):
     <br />
     <br />"""
 
+HTML_PNG_HEADER = """.. raw:: html
+
+    <div class="output_subarea output_html rendered_html output_result">
+    <img src="data:image/png;base64,{0}">
+    </div>
+    <br />
+    <br />"""
+
+HTML_SVG_HEADER = """.. raw:: html
+
+    <div class="output_subarea output_html rendered_html output_result">
+{0}
+    </div>
+    <br />
+    <br />"""
 
 def codestr2rst(codestr, lang='python', lineno=None):
     """Return reStructuredText code block from code string."""
@@ -741,7 +757,8 @@ def _get_last_repr(capture_repr, ___):
             last_repr = None
             repr_meth = None
         else:
-            if isinstance(last_repr, str):
+            if (isinstance(last_repr, str) or
+                    isinstance(last_repr, bytes) and meth in ('_repr_png',)):
                 break
     return last_repr, repr_meth
 
@@ -780,6 +797,11 @@ def _get_code_output(is_last_expr, example_globals, gallery_conf, logging_tee,
     # give html output its own header
     if repr_meth == '_repr_html_':
         captured_html = HTML_HEADER.format(indent(last_repr, ' ' * 4))
+    elif repr_meth == '_repr_png_':
+        captured_html = HTML_PNG_HEADER.format(
+            base64.b64encode(last_repr).decode())
+    elif repr_meth == '_repr_svg_':
+        captured_html = HTML_SVG_HEADER.format(indent(last_repr, ' ' * 4))
     else:
         captured_html = ''