вот както так
<div id="image">
<img src="0ff35a09.jpg" width="159px" height="110px" alt="qq" class="overlayme" />
<span class="overlayed"></span>
</div>
#image{
width: 159px;
height: 110px;
position:relative;
}
.overlayed{
display:block;
position:absolute;
top:0;
left:0;
width: 100%;
height:100%;
background: #FFF;
background: -moz-linear-gradient(left, rgba(255,255,255,1) 0%, rgba(255,255,255,0) 100%); /* firefox */
background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, right top, color-stop(0%, rgba(255,255,255,1)), color-stop(100%, rgba(255,255,255,0))); /* webkit */
filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient( startColorstr='#FFFFFFFF', endColorstr='#00FFFFFF',GradientType=0 ); /* ie */
}