<svg height="130" width="500">
      <defs>
        <linearGradient id="grad1" x1="0%" y1="0%" x2="100%" y2="0%">
          <stop offset="0%" style="stop-color:rgb(255,255,0);stop-opacity:1" />
          <stop offset="100%" style="stop-color:rgb(255,0,0);stop-opacity:1" />
        </linearGradient>
      </defs>
      <ellipse cx="100" cy="70" rx="85" ry="55" fill="url(#grad1)" />
//I need to include external.svg here
    </svg>

<text fill="#ffffff" font-size="45" font-family="Verdana" x="50" y="86">SVG</text>
<image width="20" height="20" xlink:href="man.png"></image>