image tag path to image on local host

I have an image tag in a text widget but the image fails to load (“failed to load the given url” in firebug). The actual path to the image I’m using is correct as I got it to show when I copied and pasted it into the url for a background image. The tag is formatted as follows:
`<img src=”images/my-image.png” alt=”” height=”275″ width=”200″ />