Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)

WALT DISNEY STUDIO
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) 
original production animation layout drawing
red, blue and black pencil on untrimmed animation sheet, image size: 8.75" x 9"

This original animation layout drawing of the wicked Queen as the Old Witch was created by a Disney Studio artist in development of a scene in the climax of Walt Disney's first animated feature. After poisoning Snow White, the Old Witch flees from the Seven Dwarfs into the mountains where, during a sudden rain storm, she attempts to pry loose a huge boulder and roll it down upon her pursuers. Three poses of the character are shown in this layout drawing as she picks up a tree branch from the ground to use as a lever on the boulder. The position of the character was changed during production of the film, and a 2.5" wide section of brown paper tape, punched with the Studio registration system, was added to the bottom of the sheet to raise the Witch in the field. The artist wrote the designation "14J Sc 22" at upper left to indicate this drawing's place in the film; other production notes also appear on the drawing.