Centenaire de la Devouverte - Adolf Hohenstein

Hohenstein poster reading "Hundredth anniversary of Volta's invention of the battery; Como, May-October 1899; international exhibition of electricity; natural exhibition of international silk industry for machines; exhibition of Volta's scientific apparatus; international congress of electrical engineers; international congress of telegraphists." 1898. - Adolf Hohenstein (German; born 1854): Born in St. Petersburg, worked in Italy and Germany; painted, did posters for Ricordi in Milan (including the one for Puccini's La boheme).