Steamboat Willie drawing: Museum Object and Cultural History
Steamboat Willie drawing: Date made: 1928. maker: Walt Disney Studios. Object Name: drawing.
The object in the museum catalogue
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.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date made: 1928
- maker: Walt Disney Studios
- Object Name: drawing
- Physical Description: graphite (overall material)
- Physical Description: paper (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 9 1/2 in x 12 in; 24.13 cm x 30.48 cm
- place made: United States: California, Burbank
- general subject association: Motion Pictures
- Subject: Animation
- Subject: Mickey Mouse
- ID Number: 1988.0434.08
- accession number: 1988.0434
- catalog number: 1988.0434.08
- Credit Line: The Walt Disney Company
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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