VITTORIO SELLA. Range to the N.E. on Tibetan Frontier (Panorama), from 18,500 feet on ascent of Jonsong La, 1899, Sella numbers HS 93-95. 9.2x28.7" 3 collodion prints, printed 1901, mounted on 9x47.5" heavy brown board. Embossed with Vittorio Sella stamp in lower right of panel 3 HS 95. Inscribed mount recto panel 2-3, HS 94-95 Mountains between Sikhim and Tibet, seen from the foot of Jonsong La at about 19000 feet. Inscribed in pen mount verso panel 1 3-HS 93 93-94-95; Inscribed in pencil: Mountains between Sikhim and Tibet, seen from the foot of Jonsong La at about 19000 feet. Mounts are taped on mount verso.

On the north side of Kangchenjunga lies Tibet; at the time of the expedition the members had to pass unnoticed on the edges because of border disputes.

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."

Johnsong La (Peak) 7,462 m 24,482 ft is 57th highest peak in the world straddling the borders of India, Nepal and China.

Very Good: Minor wear, edge and corner wear, vertical line of wear in emulsion on L edge of HS 3 and R edge of 95; 95 print and backing dirty.