1. VITTORIO SELLA. Alexandra Peak (Mt. Stanley), 1906, Sella number R 97(2). 11.5x15.2" gelatin silver print, c. 1907, on 13x16.5 heavy brown paper. Inscribed in ink verso: Ruwenzori Africa / on white taped down label Alexandra Peak / Mt. Stanley. Inscribed in pencil verso Alexandra Peak (Mt. Stanley) / 97.2 / p. 176 / R I 97.2.

2. VITTORIO SELLA. Margherita Peak (Mt. Stanley), 1906, Sella number R 100. 11.4x15.2" gelatin silver print, c. 1907, on 13x16.5" heavy brown paper. Inscribed in ink verso: Ruwenzori. Africa / Margherita Peak. (Mt Stanley). In pencil verso unreadable / 100 circled loan 18 circled / R I 100.

The Rwenzori (Ruwonzori) range straddles the border of Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site not only because of the Alpine regions the third highest in Africa because it contains fantastically lush and giant flora and fauna. Rwenzori means loosely, where rain is made or comes from

Vittorio Sella (1859-1943) was the leading large format, mountaineering photographer of the late 19th and early 20th century, renowned for his spectacular high-altitude photographs of glacial floes, peaks, and valleys. Sella traveled the world, photographing in the European Alps, the Caucasus, Mt. Saint Elias (Alaska Yukon Border), and the Himalayan Sikkim. In the early 1900s he photographed mountains in Africa Ruwanzari and the Himalayan Karakoram.

1. R 97(2) Excellent, dirt on surface, mount has corner wear edge wear and tape verso.
2. R 100 Very good lower edge of print pulling away from backing; 1/4" tear in lower edge of print, corner and edge wear, mount has corner wear edge wear and tape verso.