Fun and Fancy Free (1947)

WALT DISNEY STUDIO
Fun and Fancy Free (1947) 
original production animation drawing
pencil on untrimmed animation sheet, image size: 4.5" x 3.5"

This original rough animation drawing of Bongo with his unicycle was created by a Disney animator in development of a scene in the animated feature. Based on the story by Sinclair Lewis, the Bongo segment tells of the adventures of the bear who flees the circus for life in more natural surroundings. He adapts to the wild and overcomes his rival Lumpjaw for the affections of the pretty Lulubelle. The animator wrote the designation "47" at lower right to indicate this original's place in the scene.