1. VITTORIO SELLA. Unteraar Glacier, Huhnerstock, Galenstock, c. 1879-1892, Sella number AIX 241. 11.1x15" collodion print, printed c. 1893, flush mounted on thin board, mounted on 12.3x16.9" gray board. Inscribed in ink on mount recto: Alps / Unteraar Glacier, Huhnerstock, Galenstock, etc. 241 / IX. Print recto embossed with artist's credit stamp in bottom right corner; inscribed in ink: 241. Inscribed in blue pencil on mount verso: Loan 91; inscribed in blue pencil: 241 / IX.

2. VITTORIO SELLA. Matterhorn, Weisshorn, Aletschhorn. From the summit of the Finsteraarhorn, 14,022 feet, c. 1879-1892, Sella number AIX 243. 11.4x15.3" collodion print, printed c. 1893, mounted on 12.3x16.5" brown board. Inscribed in ink on mount recto: 243. / Matterhorn, Weisshorn, Aletschhorn, etc. / from summit of the Finsteraarhorn, 14,022 ft.; inscribed in blue pencil: A IX. Print recto embossed with artist's credit stamp in bottom right corner; inscribed in ink: 243. Stamped in ink on mount verso: Depose / Tous droits - reserves / V. Sella - Biella.

The Unteraargletscher is the larger of the two sources of the Aare river in the Bernese Alps. It flows for about 6 km (3.7 mi) to the east down to the Grimselsee. Glacial studies of this have been ongoing for 200 years.

The Aletschhorn, the second highest mountain of the Bernese Alps at 4,194 m (13,760 ft). It is the culminating point of a chain running parallel with the dividing ridge and surpassing it in the height of its principal peaks. Standing thus between the principal range of the Bernese Alps and the Pennine chain. The Aletschhorn is often thought to command the finest of all the panoramic views from Alpine summits. The Dreieckhorn is a sub peak of the Aletschorn.

Sella's groundbreaking works of art from the Alps, the Caucasus, Africa, Alaska, and the Himalayas influenced Victorian aesthetics, and furthered scientific studies in the fields of anthropology, cartography, meteorology, and botany, and currently are used extensively in studies of glacial retreat.

1. 241 Very Good: Mild wear, abrasions, dirt, corner emulsion wear. Mount has dirt, marks, corner and edge wear.

2. 243 Good: Mild wear, abrasions, dirt, corner emulsion wear. Mount has dirt, marks, corner and edge wear. 3/4" tear in R edge of print; 1/2x1/8" white area on upper L corner of print; 1/2" and 5" scratches on upper R quadrant of print.