Black-necked Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis), Pl. 43 — Kretschmer

A chromolithograph depicting the Black-necked Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis), from the rich tradition of Central European ornithological illustration.

Robert Kretschmer. 1890.

From Zoographia Infinita. The Czech and German ornithological atlases of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries represent a high point in scientific bird illustration, combining rigorous observation with chromolithographic techniques that captured plumage colour and texture with extraordinary fidelity.

Chromolithograph. Sheet size approximately 39.5 × 28.0 cm. Excellent.