Stoat Collection

Stoat, Ermine or Short-tailed weasel -Mustela erminea-, winter fur, Allgau, Bavaria, Germany

Stoats in Coats 1922
A stoat in summer and winter coats

Ermine / Short-tailed Weasel - Winter. Minnesota, Northern USA. MN211
TOM-1368 Ermine / Short-tailed Weasel / Stoat - winter Minnesota, Northern USA Mustela erminea The stoat is known as Ermine during the winter when it has a white winter coat

Ermine / Stoart
ME-2545 Ermine or Stoat Mustela erminea Johan De Meester contact details: prints@ardea.com tel: +44 (0) 20 8318 1401

Stoat / Ermine JPF 4219 Looking up - Alps, Europe Mustela ermina © Jean-Paul Ferrero / ardea. com
JPF-4219 STOAT / Ermine / Short-tailed weasel - in winter coat Alps, Europe Mustela erminea The stoat is known as Ermine during the winter when it has a white winter coat

Ermine / Stoat / Short-tailed weasel - running through snow - March - Swiss Jura - Switzerland
BLT-478 Ermine / Stoat / Short-tailed weasel - running through snow March - Swiss Jura - Switzerland Mustela erminea Yves Bilat Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Ermine / Stoat
SR-5181 STOAT / Ermine / Short-tailed weasel - in snow, January. Falkland, BC. Canada Mustela erminea The stoat is known as Ermine during the winter when it has a white winter coat

Stoat - 5 weeks old young in lair
AEB-1858 STOAT / Ermine / Short-tailed weasel - 5 weeks old young in lair Mustela erminea Distribution: Common throughout UK and Ireland

Ermine or stoat, Mustela erminea.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from The Naturalists Pocket Magazine, Harrison, London, 1800

Stoat (Mustela erminea) looking out of hole in snow, in white winter coat, British Columbia, Canada, February

Weasel, stoat, ermine, polecat, ferret, marten and sable Mustela nivalis, Mustela erminea, Mustela putorius
5856464 Weasel, stoat, ermine, polecat, ferret, marten and sable Mustela nivalis, Mustela erminea, Mustela putorius, Mustela putorius furo, Martes flavigula, Martes zibellina; (add.info.: Weasel)

Mademoiselle de Laistre and her weasel (engraving)
8636399 Mademoiselle de Laistre and her weasel (engraving) by Ford, Henry Justice (1860-1941); Private Collection; (add.info.: Mademoiselle de Laistre and her weasel)

Falcon, weasel and pheasant (colour litho)
8677376 Falcon, weasel and pheasant (colour litho) by French School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: F for faucon (falcon), fouine (weasel) and faisan (pheasant)

Ermine or stoat, Mustela erminea, in white winter coat. Handcoloured steel engraving by Lizars after an illustration by
FLO4989239 Ermine or stoat, Mustela erminea, in white winter coat. Handcoloured steel engraving by Lizars after an illustration by James Stewart from William Jardine's Naturalist's Library

Watch-house, Watchman, Waxwing, Weasel, Wheat-ear, Wheat-ear, Wheelwright, Whitewash, Whiting, Wicket, Wigwam
8650084 Watch-house, Watchman, Waxwing, Weasel, Wheat-ear, Wheat-ear, Wheelwright, Whitewash, Whiting, Wicket, Wigwam, Wild-boar (engraving) by German School

Ermine or stoat, Mustela erminea, in summer coat. Handcoloured steel engraving by Lizars after an illustration by James
FLO4989262 Ermine or stoat, Mustela erminea, in summer coat. Handcoloured steel engraving by Lizars after an illustration by James Stewart from William Jardine's Naturalist's Library

Ermine or stoat, Mustela erminea. Illustration copied from George Edwards
FLO4640410 Ermine or stoat, Mustela erminea. Illustration copied from George Edwards. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from " The Naturalist's Pocket Magazine, " Harrison, London

Weasel (Mustela erminea) in winter coat, running through deep snow, Upper Bavaria, Germany, Europe. February

Stoat (Mustela erminea) Creux du Van, Jura Suisse, Switzerland, September

A short-tailed weasel sitting in the snow, looking forward, USA
A short-tailed weasel (Mustela erminea) camouflaged in its white winter coat, looking out over the snow; United States of America

Weasel (Mustela erminea) in white winter coat standing upright in snow, Upper Bavaria, Germany, Europe. February

Stoat (Mustela erminea) amongst rocks. Skibotn, Troms and Finnmark, Norway. August

Stoat (Mustela erminea) in winter coat, standing alert in grassland, Lucerne, Switzerland. March

Women in ermine
Women seen wearing the fur ermine (stoat) in different fashionable ways. Women used it shawls, hats and scarfs, modelled in the photographs

Marten, Martes martes 1, beech marten, Martes foina 2, and stoat or ermine, Mustela erminea 3
FLO4690975 Marten, Martes martes 1, beech marten, Martes foina 2, and stoat or ermine, Mustela erminea 3. Lithograph by Karl Joseph Brodtmann from Heinrich Rudolf Schinz's Illustrated Natural

Owl fights against marten, Historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century
7278880 Owl fights against marten, Historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century by Unknown Artist, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Owl fights against marten)

Various rodents, agouti, Patagonian mara (Dolichotis patagonum), hamster, lemming
7279444 Various rodents, agouti, Patagonian mara (Dolichotis patagonum), hamster, lemming by Unknown Artist, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Various rodents, Aguti)

European pine marten ptarmigan (Lagopus), Historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century
7278849 European pine marten ptarmigan (Lagopus), Historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century by Unknown Artist

The stoat (colour litho)
6011842 The stoat (colour litho) by Hassall, John (1868-1948); Private Collection; (add.info.: The stoat. Illustration for Through the Wood, A Picture Book, illustrated by John Hassall)

Renard the Fox appears at the court of Noble, the Lion, illustration from Le Roman de Renard, c. 1900 (colour litho)
CHT239247 Renard the Fox appears at the court of Noble, the Lion, illustration from Le Roman de Renard, c.1900 (colour litho) by Rabier

Page 373. Stoats, 1810-17 (w / c & manuscript text)
5670191 Page 373. Stoats, 1810-17 (w/c & manuscript text) by Digby, Kenelm Henry (1800-80); 39.6x25.2x5.4 cm; Mitchell Library

Stoat or Ermine, Mustela erminea (coloured photo)
5987461 Stoat or Ermine, Mustela erminea (coloured photo) by Stokoe, W. J.(fl.1910-40); Private Collection; (add.info.: Stoat or Ermine, Mustela erminea)

The stoat (photo)
6021123 The stoat (photo) by Kearton, Richard (1862-1928) & Cherry (1871-1940); Private Collection; (add.info.: The stoat)

Page 376. The Ermine, 1810-17 (w / c & manuscript text)
5670192 Page 376. The Ermine, 1810-17 (w/c & manuscript text) by Digby, Kenelm Henry (1800-80); 39.6x25.2x5.4 cm; Mitchell Library

Stoat (Mustela erminea) on path, portrait, Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk, UK. September

Tails with a Twist: The Weaser (colour litho)
7180578 Tails with a Twist: The Weaser (colour litho) by Reed, Edward Tennyson (1860-1933); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Weaser)

Le Vocabulaire Illustre: Belette; Weasel; Wiesel (engraving)
7194901 Le Vocabulaire Illustre: Belette; Weasel; Wiesel (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Belette; Weasel; Wiesel)

Le Vocabulaire Illustre: Hermine (d ete); Stoat; Grosze Wiesel (engraving)
7196336 Le Vocabulaire Illustre: Hermine (d ete); Stoat; Grosze Wiesel (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Hermine (d ete); Stoat; Grosze Wiesel

Vermin and their Destruction (colour litho)
7169103 Vermin and their Destruction (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Vermin and their Destruction)

Weasel (Mustela erminea) running through deep snow with only its tail visible, Upper Bavaria, Germany, Europe. February

Title Page (Stoat and Gamebird), pub. by Book Club Associates, 1972 (litho)
3708911 Title Page (Stoat and Gamebird), pub. by Book Club Associates, 1972 (litho) by Thorburn, Archibald (1860-1935); Private Collection; (add.info.: Archibald Thorburn (1860-1935) pub

Some of the Drolleries of the Great Exhibition, pub. 1851 (engraving)
2655413 Some of the Drolleries of the Great Exhibition, pub. 1851 (engraving) by Cruikshank, George (1792-1878); Private Collection; The Stapleton Collection; English, out of copyright

Stoat, Weasel, Badger and Mole, 1938 (litho)
2920216 Stoat, Weasel, Badger and Mole, 1938 (litho) by Thorburn, Archibald (1860-1935); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Countrymans Creed published by Country Life 1938 Archibald Thorburn)

The Stonebreaker (oil on canvas)
MAK79790 The Stonebreaker (oil on canvas) by Wallis, Henry (1830-1916); The Makins Collection; (add.info.: not the same as 30781; ); English, out of copyright

Stoat (winter), from Thorburns Mammals published by Longmans and Co, c
5304235 Stoat (winter), from Thorburns Mammals published by Longmans and Co, c. 1920 (colour litho) by Thorburn, Archibald (1860-1935); Private Collection; Scottish, out of copyright

Mesmerism, Rabbit vs. Stoat by H. M. Bateman
Cartoon by H. M. Bateman who frequently lampooned the tax man in his work. Here, a meek looking man looks rather like a rabbit, trembling under the intense

Stoat in Summer Dress
LLM460590 Stoat in Summer Dress by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Stoat in Summer Dress. Illustration for A Handbook to the British Mammalia by Richard Lydekker)

Marten, beech marten and stoat
Marten, Martes martes 1, beech marten, Martes foina 2, and stoat or ermine, Mustela erminea 3. Lithograph by Karl Joseph Brodtmann from Heinrich Rudolf Schinzs Illustrated Natural History of Men

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The stoat, also known as the ermine or short-tailed weasel (Mustela erminea), is a fascinating creature found in various regions around the world. In winter, its fur transforms into a beautiful white coat, making it perfectly adapted to survive in snowy landscapes. One such place where these enchanting creatures can be spotted is Allgau, Bavaria, Germany. Dating back to 1922, "Stoats in Coats" captured the attention of many with its depiction of these adorable animals donning their winter attire. Jean-Paul Ferrero's photograph titled "Stoat / Ermine JPF 4219 Looking up - Alps, Europe Mustela ermina" showcases their curious nature against the stunning backdrop of the European Alps. In Switzerland's Swiss Jura and Lucerne regions, stoats gracefully navigate through snow-covered terrain during March. Their swift movements leave trails behind them as they explore their surroundings. Even in Minnesota's Northern USA winters, these resilient creatures adapt to survive harsh conditions and are often seen roaming through snowy landscapes. From birth onwards, stoats captivate us with their cuteness; an image capturing a five-week-old young stoat nestled safely within its lair melts hearts worldwide. Whether referred to as an ermine or stoat interchangeably doesn't diminish our fascination for this captivating species. Not limited to wildlife photography alone, even women have been associated with ermines throughout history due to their luxurious fur coats symbolizing elegance and wealth. If you ever find yourself exploring Creux du Van in Jura Suisse during September, keep your eyes peeled for these elusive creatures amidst nature's beauty. With each sighting comes a reminder of how diverse and awe-inspiring our planet truly is – thanks to remarkable beings like the stoat or ermine (Mustela erminea).