{"id":1392192,"date":"2022-03-21T14:14:59","date_gmt":"2022-03-21T18:14:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1392192"},"modified":"2022-03-21T14:15:02","modified_gmt":"2022-03-21T18:15:02","slug":"fact-check-was-the-first-photo-of-a-cat-taken-in-1880","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-was-the-first-photo-of-a-cat-taken-in-1880\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Was The First Photo Of A Cat Taken In 1880?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffact-check-was-the-first-photo-of-a-cat-taken-in-1880%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1392192&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>A post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/EricAlperPR\/photos\/a.274547715906023\/5431103576917052\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared on Facebook<\/a> claims the first photo of a cat was taken in 1880.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Verdict: False<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>There are several photos of cats that predate 1880.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check:\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The viral image shows a grainy but well-preserved black and white photo of a cat. \u201cThe First Ever Photo Of A Cat In History, 1880,\u201d reads the image\u2019s caption.<\/p>\n<p>The claim is inaccurate. While the origins of the photo shared on Facebook are unknown, there are several photos of cats that predate 1880. In the 1870s, for example, English photographer Harry Pointer became well known for a series of photos he took of his pet cats, according to the Sussex PhotoHistory <a href=\"https:\/\/www.photohistory-sussex.co.uk\/BTNPointerCats.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Other cat photos date back even further. One image shared on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.loc.gov\/pictures\/item\/2004664269\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Library of Congress website<\/a>, titled \u201cUnidentified man with cat, three-quarter length portrait, full face, seated,\u201d is registered as being created between 1840 and 1860. Another image, found on the website <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artnet.com\/artists\/rev-calvert-richard-jones\/sleeping-cat-6drRD2XT4IwH3gqqOT1NHg2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Artnet<\/a>, shows a photo of a sleeping cat taken between 1850 and 1855 by Rev. Calvert Richard Jones. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2021\/12\/28\/fact-check-image-joe-biden-resume-building-trumps-wall\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Image Claims Joe Biden \u2018Wants to Resume Building Trump\u2019s Wall\u2019)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">David Simkin<\/a>, a photography historian who runs Sussex PhotoHistory, told Check Your Fact in an email that the photo featured in the Facebook post \u201cis\u00a0definitely not\u00a0the world\u2019s first\u00a0<span class=\"il\">cat<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"il\">photo.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is likely that the first image of a live <span class=\"il\">cat<\/span>\u00a0was produced\u00a0by the daguerreotype process during the 1840s, but as they were probably<\/p>\n<p>created for the satisfaction of a photographer who happened to own a\u00a0<span class=\"il\">cat<\/span>\u00a0and not produced for commercial purposes, I believe it is<\/p>\n<p>almost impossible to give a firm date for these early\u00a0<span class=\"il\">cat<\/span> photographs,\u201d Sinkin said, adding that the chances of finding the actual first photo of a cat are \u201cvery slim indeed.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A post shared on Facebook claims the first photo of a cat was taken in 1880.Verdict: False There are several photos of cats that predate 1880. 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