A picture authentically reveals Abraham Lincoln with a cat on his lap.
This is a composite image that blends respected civil war professional photographer William Brady’s January 1864 picture of the U.S. president with a stock photo of a cat.
A photo of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln seated with a cat has actually been shared online considering that a minimum of as early as 2018:
The photo is controlled, though. The Lincoln portion comes from a Jan. 8, 1864, photo-portrait session with noted Civil War photographer William Brady:
The cat portion, meanwhile, comes from a stock photo on the website Shutterstock that was contributed by Steve Heap and described as “bengal cat in light brown and cream looking with pleading stare at the viewer with space for advertizing and text.”
Because the photo is a composite picture of individuals or animals that lived well over a century apart, we rank this claim as “False.”
Sources
“Featured Document Display: Mathew Brady: A Pioneering Photographer.” National Archives Museum, Accessed 21 Feb. 2023.
National Archives NextGen Catalog. Accessed 21 Feb. 2023.