<table>
<tr>
    <td class='1'>
        <div>
            <a class='abc'> element1 </a>
        </div>
    </td>
    <td class='2'></td>
    <td class='3'>
        <img id='generated id' class='xyz' />
    </td>
</tr>
</table>

WebElement e = driver.getelementbyXpath("//a[contains(@class,'abc')
and text()='element1')"]);

WebElement e2 = e1.findelementbyxpath("../..//img[contains(@id,'something')
and contains(@class='xyz')]");