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An illuminated manuscript from the book called either "The Hunting Book" or "The Book of the Hunt". It was written in France by Gaston Pheobus, the Count of Foix and Viscount of Bearn between 1387 to 1391.He wrote this book to explain how to hunt different kinds of animals. This particular image was an illustration for ferreting or how to use ferrets to hunt rabbits.
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This image is an italian painting called "Pope Celestinus III Grants Privilege of Independence to the Spedale" by Domenico Di Bartolo in 1443. The man in the picture is said to be Sienese. His pet ferret is around his neck.
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This image is of John the Fearless, who was the Duke of Burgundy from 1404 - 1419.John the Fearless is the man with the live stoat(ferret cousin) around his neck. This painting is currently located at the Louvre in Paris.
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This painting is located in Czartoryski Museum in Cracow. It is called "Lady with Ermine" and was painted by none other than Leonardo Da Vinci around 1485 - 1490. The lady in the painting is supposedly Cecilla Gallerani of Milan. While the white ermine was only meant to be symbolic of chastity.
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This painting hangs in the Courtauld Institute of Art and is owned by The Marquess of Salisbury. It is a portrait of Queen Elizabeth I with her pet ferret called "Ermine portrait of Queen Elizabeth the First".
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This image is from the 15th century tapestry called "The Ferreter's Tapestry" from Burgundy,France. This tapestry is in the Burrell Collection at the Glasgow Museum and Art Galleries.
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This picture is located in the British Museum. It is of a domestic ferret from "Conrad Gesner's Histiae Animalium" of 1551.
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This image is a copy of a giant hunting fresco that covers the walls of Pope Clement VI's bedroom. It is called "Chambre du Cerf: la chasse au furet" by Fresque De Matteo Giovanetti in 1343.
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This painting is by Sherborne Missal in 1300 A.D.
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This painting is by Queen Mary's Psalter in 1310 - 1335 A.D.
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This image was created sometime during the 17th century by Paula Potter.
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This is a canvas print by Adam call "Ferret Hunting" in 1801-1866.
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This painting is from a rare American Natural History Book printed in 1880 by Henry J. Johnson. It depicts images of a ferret, ermine, sable, weasel, pine martin, ratel, pole cate, and a skunk.
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This painting is by Louis Agassiz Fuertes of a black-footed ferret. The painting is called "Alas! The black footed ferret!". It was painted in 1918.
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This image is of an engraved circa that was found on page 63 of "Historie Naturelle" by George Louise Leclerc Buffon Comte de in 1707-1788. He spent years writing the book and left it unfinished at the time of his death.
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This painting is called "A Cabinet of Quadrupeds" by John Church in 1805, London.
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This painting is of a black-footed ferret by Landau in 1963.
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The image is a woodcut print from the book "Animate Creation" in 1898.
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This image is from the a 1899 children's publication called "Bill placed his nets and introduced the ferret".
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This image is a copy of a hand colored engraving from Goldsmith's Animated Nature in 1848. The engraving includes a Weasel, Ermine, Pine Martin, and Vison.
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This is a woodcut illustration from the book "Kings of the Forest and Their Kindred Tribes" by W.A. Foster in 1896.
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