Ursula the Sea Witch Animation Cel
Ursula the Sea Witch Animation Cel
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- Description (Brief)
- This hand-painted animation cel depicts two moray eels named Flotsam and Jetsam and of Ursula the Sea Witch, the underwater villainess of the 1989 animated feature The Little Mermaid.
- The character, drawn by Disney Studios artist-animator Ruben Aquino, is a cecaelia or half woman, half octopus, and is loosely patterned after Divine, the larger-than-life female impersonator of John Waters films. Comedienne Pat Carroll voiced the character of Ursula. The cel also depicts the characters of Flotsam and Jetsam, a pair of moray eels that are Ursula henchmen. It was the final Disney feature film to use the traditional hand-painted cel method of animation and is generally regarded as the film that revived the classic Disney animated feature film.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Animation Cel
- cel, animation
- date made
- around 1988
- Measurements
- overall: 12 1/2 in x 17 in; 31.75 cm x 43.18 cm
- ID Number
- 2005.0135.09
- accession number
- 2005.0135
- catalog number
- 2005.0135.09
- Credit Line
- Gift of Walt Disney Animation Research Library (through Lella F. Smith)
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
- Movie Collection
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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