Steamboat Willie drawing
Steamboat Willie drawing
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- Description
- Pencil sketch of Mickey Mouse slipping on a bar of soap. This drawing was used in the creation of the 1928 short film Steamboat Willie. This cartoon is a landmark in the history of animation because it was the first Mickey Mouse film released as well as the first cartoon with synchronized sound.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- drawing
- Date made
- 1928
- maker
- Walt Disney Studios
- place made
- United States: California, Burbank
- Physical Description
- graphite (overall material)
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 9 1/2 in x 12 in; 24.13 cm x 30.48 cm
- ID Number
- 1988.0434.10
- accession number
- 1988.0434
- catalog number
- 1988.0434.10
- Credit Line
- The Walt Disney Company
- subject
- Motion Pictures
- Animation
- Mickey Mouse
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
- Movie Collection
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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