Add an image acting as a link toward it's own location - html

Question

Using rmarkdown and the include_graphics function from knitr I would like to be able to do something like:
<img src="image.png" alt="image" width="30%">
Where I can see a small version of an image and click on it to see its full size original version. I am sure there is an easy way to wrap something like:
```{r ,out.width="30%"}
knitr::include_graphics('image.png')
```
within an html link but I can't find how.
What I like with knitr::include_graphics() is that
it's in a chunk so I can generate the image's names with R
it copies images to the final folder where I want my Rmardown code to be compiled.
An example of what I would like to do but I don't how nor if it's possible:
```{r ,out.width="30%"}
images=paste0('image',1:3,'.png')
for( i in images){
#open <a href = i>
knitr::include_graphics(i)
#close </a>
}
```
Should do something like:
<img src="image1.png" alt="image" width="30%">
<img src="image2.png" alt="image" width="30%">
<img src="image3.png" alt="image" width="30%">

Answer 1

You can use the chunk option fig.link, e.g.,
```{r, out.width="30%", fig.link='image.png'}
knitr::include_graphics('image.png')
```
```{r}
images = paste0('image', 1:3, '.png')
```
```{r, out.width="30%", fig.link=images}
knitr::include_graphics(images)
```

Answer 2

you can simply do:
<a href = "./image.png">
```{r, out.width="30%"}
knitr::include_graphics('./image.png')
```
</a>
For me, this works.

Answer 3

adding on top of what Jrm_FRL said, just incase you ment the link takes you where the link is originally from I added this code, had to shorten the link with stackoverflow and imgur, let me know if you have issues.
---
title: "picture_as_link"
author: "stackoverfl"
date: "5/27/2020"
output: html_document
---
<a href = "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_of_the_Ozarks">
```{r, out.width="30%"}
knitr::include_graphics('https://i.stack.imgur.com/JRy36.jpg')
```
</a>