diff --git a/src/wireviz/Harness.py b/src/wireviz/Harness.py
index f6e225b..6077f08 100644
--- a/src/wireviz/Harness.py
+++ b/src/wireviz/Harness.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ from wireviz.wv_colors import get_color_hex
 from wireviz.wv_helper import awg_equiv, mm2_equiv, tuplelist2tsv, \
     nested_html_table, flatten2d, index_if_list, html_line_breaks, \
     graphviz_line_breaks, remove_line_breaks, open_file_read, open_file_write, \
-    manufacturer_info_field
+    html_image, html_caption, manufacturer_info_field
 from collections import Counter
 from typing import List
 from pathlib import Path
@@ -98,8 +98,8 @@ class Harness:
                      f'{connector.pincount}-pin' if connector.show_pincount else None,
                      connector.color, '<!-- colorbar -->' if connector.color else None],
                     '<!-- connector table -->' if connector.style != 'simple' else None,
-                    [f'<img src="{connector.image}"/>' if connector.image else None],
-                    [html_line_breaks(connector.caption)],
+                    [html_image(connector)],
+                    [html_caption(connector)],
                     [html_line_breaks(connector.notes)]]
             html.extend(nested_html_table(rows))
 
@@ -175,8 +175,8 @@ class Harness:
                      f'{cable.length} m' if cable.length > 0 else None,
                      cable.color, '<!-- colorbar -->' if cable.color else None],
                     '<!-- wire table -->',
-                    [f'<img src="{cable.image}"/>' if cable.image else None],
-                    [html_line_breaks(cable.caption)],
+                    [html_image(cable)],
+                    [html_caption(cable)],
                     [html_line_breaks(cable.notes)]]
             html.extend(nested_html_table(rows))
 
diff --git a/src/wireviz/wv_helper.py b/src/wireviz/wv_helper.py
index 418060d..e185829 100644
--- a/src/wireviz/wv_helper.py
+++ b/src/wireviz/wv_helper.py
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ def nested_html_table(rows):
     # input: list, each item may be scalar or list
     # output: a parent table with one child table per parent item that is list, and one cell per parent item that is scalar
     # purpose: create the appearance of one table, where cell widths are independent between rows
+    # attributes in any leading <tdX> inside a list are injected into to the preceeding <td> tag
     html = []
     html.append('<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">')
     for row in rows:
@@ -43,7 +44,8 @@ def nested_html_table(rows):
                 html.append('  <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" cellborder="1"><tr>')
                 for cell in row:
                     if cell is not None:
-                        html.append(f'   <td balign="left">{cell}</td>')
+                        # Inject attributes to the preceeding <td> tag where needed
+                        html.append(f'   <td balign="left">{cell}</td>'.replace('><tdX', ''))
                 html.append('  </tr></table>')
                 html.append(' </td></tr>')
         elif row is not None:
@@ -53,6 +55,12 @@ def nested_html_table(rows):
     html.append('</table>')
     return html
 
+def html_image(node):
+    return f'''<tdX{' sides="TLR"' if node.caption else ''}><img src="{node.image}"/>''' if node.image else None
+
+def html_caption(node):
+    return f'''<tdX{' sides="LRB"' if node.image else ''}>{html_line_breaks(node.caption)}''' if node.caption else None
+
 
 def expand(yaml_data):
     # yaml_data can be: