"Snow White" (1937) [Series] - Courvoisier and Pencil of Sneezy

More of the "Snow White" material in the Cowan Collection....


This was one of the early Courvoisier items we picked up in 1998. I wasn't that crazy about the pose, but it looked like a nice representation of the Courvoisier items (and it seemed to fit in with some of the other Courvoisier items we had. About the same time, we acquired the Ingeborg Willy Scrapbook but the pages were so fragile, I decided to leave it in storage until I had the time to do a complete scanning of the material.

After I finished scanning the material and creating individual images from the larger pages, I was struck by how similar one of the pencil drawings was to a Courvoisier we had on the wall. When I compared the two, they appeared to be almost identical! The coincidence is pretty dramatic. I'd love to frame the pencil and hang it near the Courvoisier, but that would mean cutting up the Scrapbook and I'm not ready to destroy a single page of an amazing historical document.

Sneezy In Two Media

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From “Snow White” (1937) Courvoisier cel and background of Sneezy asleep, laying back in star field. [Image: 6.5"W x 5.5"H. Frame: 12-3/4"W x 11-3/4"H] Acquired 1998. SeqID-0438 8/7/2005

Image of SeqID-0438 from SeqID-0243. From “Ingeborg Willy’s Scrapbook” (1936). SeqID 0243 Ingeborg Willy was an inker for Disney from 11/23/36 to 11/26/41 (Dave Smith @ Disney).

"Snow White" (1937) [Series] - Mirror Pencil

A series posting the images in the Cowan Collection from "Snow White."


Of all the items in the Ingeborg Willy Scrapbook, this is one that really stopped me in my tracks... S small sketch of the face in the Magic Mirror.

The image small (approximately 1" x 2"), but very powerful and captivating.

I scanned it at 1200 dpi so that I could scale it up to a much larger size. Since a Magic Mirror image is fairly rare, I decided to upload a larger than normal file so you could enjoy the piece!

Magic Mirror (PLEASE click to enlarge)

"Snow White" (1937) [Series] - Snow White Pencil

This is a great pencil of Snow White from the Ingeborg Willy Scrapbook. I used this image for the cover of the book I developed that included all the images from the Scrapbook -- which I was selling at cost. As some may recall, I pulled the book after some concern about publication rights. By the way, I'm STILL waiting for the folks at Disney to issue an "OK" so I can put the book back in circulation.

There are a number of fantastic images in the Scrapbook and this is one of 3 or 4 that I think are exceptional. By the way, the image had separated from the scrapbook page and the darker sections in the corner are where the glue was applied and scanning process makes the sections appear much darker.

Snow White Pencil (click to enlarge)

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From “Ingeborg Willy’s Scrapbook” (1936-1937). A scrapbook of photos, pencil drawings and other items put together by Ingeborg Willy, who was an inker for Disney from 11/23/36 to 11/26/41 and who died in 1999. Acquired 1998. SeqID-0243 Updated: 7/28/2005

"Snow White" (1937) [Series] - Snow White Color Model Sheet

Continuing with the postings of items in the collection from "Snow White"....

I think this is a great color model of Snow White. Excellent pose. Good notations, with lots of different colors. From an educational standpoint, a great example to use when describing the animation process to newcomers...

Snow White Color Model Sheet (click to enlarge)

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From “Ingeborg Willy’s Scrapbook” (1936-1937). A scrapbook of photos, pencil drawings and other items put together by Ingeborg Willy, who was an inker for Disney from 11/23/36 to 11/26/41 and who died in 1999. Acquired 1998. SeqID-0243 Updated: 7/28/2005

"Snow White" (1937) [Series] - More Ingeborg Willy Scraps

Here are some more character scraps from the Ingeborg Willy Scrapbook...

Woodland Creatures (click to enlarge)

"Snow White" (1937) [Series] - More Ingeborgy Willy Scraps

More woodland creatures from the Ingeborg Willy Scrapbook...

Woodland Creatures

"Snow White" (1937) [Series] - More Ingeborg Willy Scraps

Here are some more scraps of forest creatures from the pages of the Ingeborg Willy Scrapbook...

More Forest Creatures (click to enlarge)

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From “Ingeborg Willy’s Scrapbook” (1936-1937). A scrapbook of photos, pencil drawings and other items put together by Ingeborg Willy, who was an inker for Disney from 11/23/36 to 11/26/41 and who died in 1999. Acquired 1998. SeqID-0243 Updated: 7/28/2005

"Snow White" (1937) [Series] - More Ingeborg Willy Scraps

More items from the pages of the Ingeborg Willy Scrapbook...

This time, Forrest Creatures -- #1: Character development; #2: Laughing sequence

Creature Scraps #1 (click to enlarge)

The range from stylized form (rubber limbs) to focus on eyes to expression development...

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Creature Scraps #2 (click to enlarge)

Nice deer sequence

----- DATABASE NOTES -----

From “Ingeborg Willy’s Scrapbook” (1936-1937). A scrapbook of photos, pencil drawings and other items put together by Ingeborg Willy, who was an inker for Disney from 11/23/36 to 11/26/41 and who died in 1999. Acquired 1998. SeqID-0243 Updated: 7/28/2005

"Snow White" (1937) [Series] - More Ingeborg Willy Scraps

Here are some more scraps from the Ingeborg Willy Scrapbook I thought you might like to see.

This time, some fantastic pencils of the dwarfs...! Some are obviously early in the character design process and others are much closer to the final production design. There are some GREAT images of Dopey and Doc in the group. To start with, look closely at Dopey in the scrap below...

Dwarf Scraps (click to enlarge)