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Lady and the Tramp Lady Rough Original Animation Drawing (Walt Disney, 1955). "It's Jim Dear. Please, excuse me." Lady is exhibiting just how adorable she really can be in this rough original animation drawing as she grins from ear to ear over Jim Dear. Walt Disney's Lady and the Tramp is a delightful tale of an uptown cocker spaniel dog whose life is turned upside down with the arrival of a newborn baby in her human family but then meets a streetwise downtown mutt who knows a thing or two about the realities of life as a dog. The animated romance film was theatrically released on 6/22/1955 marking this year as its 70th Anniversary! The titular character Lady was brilliantly animated by some of Disney's "Nine Old Men", including Ollie Johnston (1912-2008), Frank Thomas (1912-2004), and Milt Kahl (1909-1987), and was inspired by writer Joe Grant's (1908-2005) own English Springer Spaniel also named Lady. This acknowledgement of Joe Grant's involvement went unnoticed for some time until the release of the 2006 Platinum Edition of Lady and the Tramp. Actress Barbara Luddy (1908-1979) voiced the Cocker Spaniel Lady and provided her talents for other Disney films such as Sleeping Beauty, One Hundred and One Dalmatians, and Winnie the Pooh. The delightfully hand drawn image is possibly an early rough sketch of when Lady greets Jim Dear arriving back home or during the baby shower sequence. The image of Lady measures 4" x 3.75" and is drawn on to a 3- peg hole animation paper that measures 15.5" x 12.5". The drawing is noted 'C-560' is the lower right corner and is skillfully rendered in graphite with colored pencil. The overall condition is Very Good with some edge and handling wear, and minor age-related toning.


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