Original Production Animation Cel of Alice and Dinah from "Alice In Wonderland," 1951

Original hand inked and hand painted production animation cel of Alice and her cat Dinah set on a lithographic background from "Alice In Wonderland," 1951, Walt Disney Studios; Size - Alice & Dinah: 7 3/4 x 4", Image 9 x 4", Mat 14" x 9 1/4"; Double Matted.

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"In my world, you wouldn't say 'meow'. You'd say 'Yes, miss Alice'." - Alice

"Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" (commonly shortened to "Alice in Wonderland"), is a 1865 novel written by English author Charles Lutwidge Dodgson who wrote under the pseudonym Lewis Carroll. Disney reworked the story to fit with both a younger audience and a time frame suitable for an animated film (it's run time is only 75 minutes).

Kathryn Beaumont, who was born in London England, was just 10 years old when she was chosen for the voice of Alice. Walt Disney personally cast Beaumont after seeing her in the film "On an Island with You," in which the child actress had a small role. Disney was so impressed by her that she was also chosen to be the model for Alice, and would also go on to provide the voice for Wendy in "Peter Pan," 1953. Beaumont has also reprised her voice acting role as Alice in two episodes of the animated series, Disney's "House of Mouse," and as both Alice and Wendy in the video game "Kingdom Hearts." She did not retire as the voice of Alice and Wendy until 2005, when her role for these two characters was taken over by Hynden Walch.

Initial design for the character of Alice was accomplished by Mary Blair during the storyboard phase and also by Les Clark. Alice was animated by Ollie Johnston, Don Lusk, and Marc Davis who animated her for the tea party scene.

Original production animation cel of Alice and Dinah without the background.

Double matted original production animation cel of Alice and Dinah.

Dinah is Alice's small reddish brown kitten with blue eyes, she was animated by Eric Larson, and voiced by Mel Blanc. In this scene, Alice is not paying attention to her sister reading from a history book, because the book doesn't have any pictures. Alice then explains that in her world the books would have nothing but pictures and speaking to Dinah says, "In my world, you wouldn't say 'meow'. You'd say 'Yes, miss Alice'."

This is a wonderful full figure original production animation cel of Alice holding her pet kitten Dinah. Both characters are eyes open and original artwork of Dinah is extremely rare to market. An absolutely beautiful piece of vintage Walt Disney animation art and a great addition to any animation collection!

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