1. VITTORIO SELLA. Aiguille Des Jorasses, from Grande Jorasse Hut, c. 1879-1892, Sella number AIII 155. 11.3x15.2" gelatin silver print, printed c. 1893, mounted on 13x16.5" gray board. Inscribed in ink on mount recto: Alps / Aiguille Des Jorasses / III 155; Print recto embossed with artist's credit stamp in bottom right corner; inscribed in pencil: 155.; inscribed in pencil on mount verso: #155.

2. VITTORIO SELLA. Aiguille Du Geant; from northwest ridge of Dent du Geant below the Aiguille Noire, c. 1879-1892, Sella number AIII 150. 11.4x15.4" collodion print, printed c. 1893, mounted on 12.1x16.5" brown board. Inscribed in ink on mount recto: Alps / 150. Aiguille du Geant / III; Print recto embossed with artist's credit stamp in bottom right corner; inscribed in pencil on mount verso: Mt. B / & / Neighborhood / [Loan] 38; stamped in black ink: Depose / Tous Droits Reserves/ V. Sella - Biella.

3. VITTORIO SELLA. Mont Blanc, Dome De Rochefort, Dent Du Geant, from the summit of Grande Jorasse (Whymper Peak), at 13,795 feet, c. 1879-1892, Sella number AIII 151. 11.2x15" collodion print, printed c. 1893, flush mounted on thin board, mounted on 12.3x15.8" heavy gray board. Inscribed in ink on mount recto: Alps / Mont Blanc, Dome de Rochefort, Dent du Geant. (151) from the summit of Grande Jorasse (Whymper Peak) at 13795 feet / AIII; Print recto embossed with artist's credit stamp in bottom right corner; inscribed in blue pencil on mount verso: 151/AIII; illegible inscription in pencil.

The Mont Blanc massif (French: Massif du Mont-Blanc; Italian: Massiccio del Monte Bianco) is a mountain range in the Alps, located mostly in France and Italy, but also straddling Switzerland at its northeastern end. It contains eleven major independent summits, each over 4,000 metres (13,123 ft) in height. It is named after Mont Blanc that is 4,808 metres 15,774 ft with a promenince of 4696m 15,405 ft. is the 11 largest in the world Mt. Blanc is the highest point in western Europe and the European Union. Because of its considerable overall altitude, a large proportion of the massif is covered by glaciers, which include the Mer de Glace and the Miage Glacier - the longest glaciers in France and Italy, respectively. It stands between the Aosta Valley, Italy and Savoie and Haute-Savoie, FranceSella climbed and photographed in the Alps annually making the first winter ascents of a number or prominent peaks including the Matterhorn in 1882 and the first winter hike across Mont Blanc in 1884. His panoramas were up to 12 plates and 360 degrees. Photography and mountain climbing were family affairs, and most climbs would be with his brother Erminio a couple of other companions and guides including Daniel Maquignaz and later his assistant photographic assistant Emile Bota. Sella's uncle, Quintino Sella, was a famous Italian minister of finance and founder of the Italian Alpine Club. It was he who taught the boy to love the mountains by taking the fifteen-year-old Sella on his first ascent in 1874, followed by another a year later. Sella's negatives ranged in size from the standard 30 x 40 cm (approximately 11 x 15.5"), 12 x 20 cm, (8 x 10"), and 24 x 30 cm (9 x 12"). He also used stereoscopic and handheld Kodak cameras. By the time of the Turin exhibition, he was enlarging his prints. The most celebrated of his work were the multi-plate panoramas which would comprise much of the AMC collection.

1. 155 Very Good: Mild wear, corner and edge wear, light streaks. Mount has dirt corner and edge wear.
2. 150 Good: Minor wear abrasions and rub mark, edge and corner wear. Mount has missing pieces, corners and edges.
3. 151 Good: Minor wear and edge wear and chipping, abrasions streaks, 10 1/2x1/4" white area along lower edge of print, print somewhat dirty. Mount has corner and edge wear.