Original hand inked and hand painted production animation cel of Major The Horse set on a lithographic background from "Cinderella," 1950, Walt Disney Studios; Numbered 5 lower right; Size - Major: 5 1/4 x 6 1/4", Image 7 1/4 x 14 1/2"; Unframed.
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The 1950 Walt Disney feature film "Cinderella" was based on the French version of the tale by Charles Perrault, entitled "Cinderella" and written in 1698. The film was the second in the series of great Princess films developed by Disney, the first being Snow White in 1937. The character of Cinderella is usually front and center in the pantheon of Disney Princess merchandise, perhaps because she is the only Princess not to be of a noble blood line who ended up marrying a Prince and becoming royalty.
Major the horse was given to Cinderella, when she was a little girl, by her father. Major along with the dog Bruno, sleeps in the Tremaine Barn. One night they are awakened, and they watch Cinderella run out into the garden wearing the pink dress that was destroyed by Anastasia and Drizella. Cinderella's Fairy Godmother appears and changes a pumpkin into a coach. Major expects to be the horse that pulls the coach, but instead the Fairy Godmother transforms him into the Coachman. At the stroke of midnight Major, like all of the Godmother's magic, ends and he is converted back into a horse. Major appears again at the end of the film, when he is the lead horse for Prince Charming's carriage that carries the Prince and Cinderella (now newlyweds) away on their honeymoon. Major was animated by Hugh Fraser, John Lounsbery, and Fred Moore.
Original production animation cel of Major The Horse without the background.
Close up of the original production animation cel of Major The Horse without the background.
Original production animation cel of Major The Horse without the background.
Close up of the original production animation cel of Major The Horse without the background.
Close up of the production number.
This is a wonderful cel of Major The Horse from the scene just prior to the Fairy Godmother transforming him into the Coachman, for Cinderella's carriage on the eve of the King's Ball. Cels of Major are extremely rare, and hardly ever appear on the open market. A great opportunity to have a rare character from the Walt Disney masterpiece, "Cinderella!"
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