1. VITTORIO SELLA. Mischabelhorner from the summit of Alphubel, c. 1879-1892, Sella number AVIII 383. 16.9x22.3" collodion print, printed c. 1893, flush mounted on thin board, mounted on 18x24" grey board. Inscribed in ink on mount recto: 383 VIII; Print recto embossed with artist's credit stamp in bottom right corner; Inscribed in blue pencil on mount verso: 383/ AVII.

2. VITTORIO SELLA. Allalinhorn, from Alphubel Pass, c. 1879-1892, Sella number AVIII 382. 11.3x14.8" collodion print, printed c. 1893, flush mounted on thin board, mounted on 16 1/2x12 7/8" grey board. Inscribed in ink on mount recto: Alps Allainhorn, from Alphubel Pass VIII 382; Print recto embossed with artist's credit stamp in bottom right corner; Inscribed in pencil on mount verso: Loan 79 (circled).

Mischabelhörner or Mischabel is a massif in the Pennine Alps of Valais, Switzerland. It is a mountain in Valais and has an elevation of 4361 meters. The Dom is the highest peak of this massif at 4,545 m (14,911 ft), third highest mountain in the Alps and second highest in Switzerland.

The Allalinhorn (4,027 m (13,212 ft)) is in the of Valais, Switzerland and is part of the Mischabel range, which culminates at the Dom (4,545 m).

The Alphubel (4,206 m) is a mountain of the Swiss Pennine Alps, located between the valleys of Zermatt and Saas in the canton of Valais. It is part of the Allalin Group, a subgroup of the Mischabel Group, which culminates at the Dom (4,545 m). The summit of the Alphubel consists of a large ice-covered plateau, part of the Fee Glacier on its east side. The west side of the mountain is rockier and much steeper. It overlooks the Weingartensee.

Vittorio Sella lived during the Golden Age of European mountain exploration when many peaks were being scaled for the first time. Prior to his era, mountains were mostly regarded as dangerous obstacles to be crossed, haunted by evil spirits. The early nineteenth century saw a dramatic shift in people's perception of mountains, heralded by the Romantic poets who lauded them as "palaces of nature" that embodied the eternal. To Wordsworth and others of the Romantic era, alpine pinnacles became symbols of the heights to which the imagination of man could aspire, toward the unattainable goals of understanding infinity, eternity, and the vastness of God. It was no accident that the beginnings of mountaineering as a sport coincided with the recognition that mountains were, in fact, beautiful. And the development of photography coincided with that very moment in the history of natural philosophy which has been called the "era of moralized mountaineering." This ushered in a sudden interest in landscape and natural scenery, along with poetry, painting, photography, and the art of travel as people sought out the heightened emotions brought about by a full experience of nature.

Sella worked in all four seasons and under the most difficult circumstances, documenting the highest regions of the earth with extraordinary artistry. Ansel Adams paid tribute to Sella's greatness in a 1946 article for the Sierra Club Bulletin when he wrote, "with Sella's sensitive insight and response the magnificence of mountains is distilled into a high order of expression."

1. 383 Good: Moderate abrasions, wear, corner wear, edge wear, spots, scratches, dirt. Mount has edge and corner wear. missing pieces, dirt and marks. 1/2" and 1" creases in lower edge of print; 6" and 8" scratches on upper R quadrant of print.
2. 382 Good: Moderate abrasions, wear, corner wear, edge wear, spots, scratches, dirt. Mount has edge and corner wear, dirt and marks 1/4" scratch on L half of print.