1. VITTORIO SELLA. Aletschhorn and Dreieckhorn, c. 1879-1892, Sella number AIX 233. 11.2x15.4" collodion print, printed c. 1893, mounted on 12.3x15.6" brown board. Inscribed in ink on mount recto: 233. Aletschhorn, and Dreieckhorn; inscribed in blue pencil: A IX. Print recto embossed with artist's credit stamp in bottom right corner; inscribed in ink: 233. Stamped in ink on mount verso: Depose / Tous droits - reserves / V. Sella - Biella.

2. VITTORIO SELLA. Dreieckhorn, from the Aletsch Glacier, c. 1879-1892, Sella number AIX 237. 15.1x11.1" collodion print, printed c. 1893, mounted on 13x16.5" brown board. Inscribed in ink on mount recto: 237. Dreickhorn, from the Aletsch Glacier; inscribed in blue pencil: A IX. Print recto embossed with artist's credit stamp in bottom right corner; inscribed in ink: 237. Stamped in ink on mount verso: Depose / Tous droits - reserves / V. Sella - Biella.

3. VITTORIO SELLA. Aletsch Glacier, Kamm, and Eggischhorn, c. 1879-1892, Sella number AIX 234. 16.6x22.2" collodion print, printed c. 1893, flush mounted on thin board, mounted on 18x24" heavy gray board. Inscribed in ink on mount recto: 234 / IX. Print recto embossed with artist's credit stamp in bottom right corner. Inscribed in ink on mount verso: Down the Aletsch Glacier / Alps; inscribed in blue pencil: 234 / IX.

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.

The Eggishorn is a mountain in the southeastern part of the Bernese Alps, located north of Fiesch in the Swiss canton of Valais. The Eggishorn lies within the Jungfrau-Aletsch-Bietschhorn region. On its northern flank is the Aletsch Glacier. From the summit the view extends also to the Lepontine and Pennine Alps (Dom, Matterhorn, Weisshorn).

Sella lived in an era when geographical societies, exploration and mountaineering clubs, and mercantile (research) libraries proliferated in many towns and cities. The Sella family had helped found the Italian Alpine Club in 1863; a European equivalent of the AMC co-founded in 1876 by Charles E. Fay. The Alpine Club fraternity was a small, international network modeled after the first club of its type founded in London in 1857. Members corresponded with each other, sharing publications and information about guides, porters, and climbs in foreign lands. Such clubs provided scientific, ethnographic, and intellectual materials that were a valuable cultural asset for professionals and amateur enthusiasts alike. In their lecture's photographers, naturalists, explorers, and artists often used photographs and printed illustrations as a means of disseminating information about the latest artistic and scientific ventures.

1. 233 Good: Mild wear, abrasions, dirt, corner and edge emulsion wear, scratches lower rignt. Mount has dirt, marks, corner and edge wear missing pieces.
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2. 237 Good: Mild wear, abrasions, dirt, corner emulsion wear. Mount has dirt, marks, corner and edge wear. 1/2" yellow mark on R half of print.

3. 234 Fair: Heavy wear, abrasions, dirt. Mount has dirt, marks, corner and edge wear. 6" tear on upper edge of print; 5 scratches on lower edge of print; 1 3/4", 1", and 3/4" vertical lines of wear on L edge of print; bubbling under print, especially along L side.