1. VITTORIO SELLA. Buddhist Temple at Tumlong., 1899, Sella number HS 11. 7.4x9.4" collodion print, printed 1901, mounted on 10x12" heavy brown board. Embossed with Vittorio Sella stamp in lower right of print. Inscribed in black ink on mount recto: Buddhist temple at Tumlong. Inscribed in pencil mount verso: 11 / HS 11.

2. VITTORIO SELLA. Cane Bridge on way from Tumlong to Choontang, 1899, Sella number HS 22. 7.4x9.3" collodion print, printed 1901, mounted on 10x12" heavy brown board. Embossed with Vittorio Sella stamp in lower right of print. Inscribed in black ink on mount recto: A cane bridge on way from Tumlong to Choontang. . Inscribed in pencil mount verso: 56581-9 / 222 / 2236 Make 3 5/8 x 4 13/16 / HS 22.

3. VITTORIO SELLA. Lachen. Entrance to Bungalow., 1899, Sella number HS 29. 9.4x7.3" collodion print, printed 1901, mounted on 10x12" heavy brown board. Embossed with Vittorio Sella stamp in lower right of print. Inscribed in black ink on mount recto: Lachen; Entrance to Bungalow. Inscribed in pencil mount verso: 29 / 29 / HS 29.

In 1901 Sella gave a group from his expedition to the Everest Range and Kangchenjunga to the AMC. In 1899, Charles Fay wrote for the report of the AMC Committee on the Sella Collection, and published in the AMC 1901 Bulletin:

"The most interesting fact that the Committee has to report is the addition to the Collection of a remarkable series of views in the Himalayas, generously donated in the spring by Mr. Sella. These views, were taken during a visit made by Sella in company with Mr. D. Freshfield to the lofty central range of Sikkim and Nepal in 1900 [1899], during which a tour of Mt. Kangchenjunga was for the first time accomplished by civilized man.

This superb scenery, comprising the highest peaks of the known world, and the vast glaciers that encompass them, furnish forth a group of pictures doubtless without a parallel. The weather during the journey precluded all attempts to reach high summits, which gave the party ample leisure and provided a perfect atmosphere for photographic work, as is testified by the exquisite results."

The majority of the single pictures measure seven and a half by nine and a half inches; there are quite a number enlarged to eleven by fifteen inches, while in two of the fine five-sectioned panoramas the separate plates are fifteen by eighteen inches in size. These views were received unmounted, but during the summer were mounted with great care, and were ready for their first exhibition to the public at the Clubroom from November 18 [1901].

1. HS 11 Excellent: Minor wear corner and edge wear. Mount has minor edge and corner wear and tape marks mount verso.

2.HS 22 Excellent: Edge and corner wear. Mount has moderate wear, edge and corner wear, ink and dirt marks, top right corner missing, mount verso had tape marks.

3. HS 29 Excellent: Minor wear corner and edge wear. Mount has edge and corner wear and tape marks mount verso.