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100? How about 150? https://www.photohistory-sussex.co.uk/BTNPointerCats.htm https://www.photohistory-sussex.co.uk/BTNPointerCats.htm http://www.19thcenturyp

by shagie 2y ago

100? How about 150? https://www.photohistory-sussex.co.uk/BTNPointerCats.htm https://www.photohistory-sussex.co.uk/BTNPointerCats.htm http://www.19thcenturyphotos.com/Henry-Pointer's-cats-124601.htm http://www.19thcenturyphotos.com/Henry-Pointer's-cats-124601... https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/person/104XHB https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/person/104XHB Complete with meme captions.

IncRnd 2y ago
For an older picture than those - here is a daguerreotype taken sometime between 1840 and 1860, 164 to 184 years ago. https://curiosity.lib.harvard.edu/daguerreotypes-at-harvard/catalog/17-W163341_URN-3:FHCLHOUGH:90792 https://curiosity.lib.harvard.edu/daguerreotypes-at-harvard/... For an even earlier drawing of some big cats, see the Lascaux cave from arond 17,000 years ago. https://artsandculture.google.com/story/explore-the-fresco-of-the-big-cats-grotte-chauvet/jgVxyIqd_hBTpQ?hl=en https://artsandculture.google.com/story/explore-the-fresco-o...
throwaway290 2y ago
does this count? 200 years if true. https://www.dominicwinter.co.uk/Auction/Lot/402-russian-lubok-of-peter-the-great-the-cat-from-kazan-1750-or-later/?lot=348195&sd=1 https://www.dominicwinter.co.uk/Auction/Lot/402-russian-lubo...
nosianu 2y ago
150? Thousands? Well, not sure if the hieroglyphics contained cat memes, but at least we get sculptures and images. https://www.thevintagenews.com/2017/11/26/in-ancient-egypt-cats-were-mummified-buried-with-jewelry/ https://www.thevintagenews.com/2017/11/26/in-ancient-egypt-c... https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/egypt-cat-statues-mummies-discovered-site-dating-back-6000-years https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/egypt-cat-statues-mummies... Maybe I'm stretching the original topic a bit just to post some cat content. Formal dinner: https://i.imgur.com/LBvzu3H.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/LBvzu3H.jpeg

by shagie 2y ago

IncRnd 2y ago

For an older picture than those - here is a daguerreotype taken sometime between 1840 and 1860, 164 to 184 years ago. https://curiosity.lib.harvard.edu/daguerreotypes-at-harvard/catalog/17-W163341_URN-3:FHCLHOUGH:90792 https://curiosity.lib.harvard.edu/daguerreotypes-at-harvard/... For an even earlier drawing of some big cats, see the Lascaux cave from arond 17,000 years ago. https://artsandculture.google.com/story/explore-the-fresco-of-the-big-cats-grotte-chauvet/jgVxyIqd_hBTpQ?hl=en https://artsandculture.google.com/story/explore-the-fresco-o...

throwaway290 2y ago

does this count? 200 years if true. https://www.dominicwinter.co.uk/Auction/Lot/402-russian-lubok-of-peter-the-great-the-cat-from-kazan-1750-or-later/?lot=348195&sd=1 https://www.dominicwinter.co.uk/Auction/Lot/402-russian-lubo...

nosianu 2y ago

150? Thousands? Well, not sure if the hieroglyphics contained cat memes, but at least we get sculptures and images. https://www.thevintagenews.com/2017/11/26/in-ancient-egypt-cats-were-mummified-buried-with-jewelry/ https://www.thevintagenews.com/2017/11/26/in-ancient-egypt-c... https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/egypt-cat-statues-mummies-discovered-site-dating-back-6000-years https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/egypt-cat-statues-mummies... Maybe I'm stretching the original topic a bit just to post some cat content. Formal dinner: https://i.imgur.com/LBvzu3H.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/LBvzu3H.jpeg