Thanks for all the help! Know others will want to see the historical ferret pictures found so here's where to go: http://home.worldonline.nl/~wfu/drawings.html http://members.aol.com/bookspine/180.htm http://pix.corbis.com/pix.asp?id=BE001077&key=Ermine at the last also check out Hulton-Duetsch Collection/Corbis HU 038907 "Eton Boy Feeds His Pet Ferret" which looks to date from early this century or late last though I am not sure. [Posted in FML issue 2419]