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Gertie the Dinosaur, Drawing (the mastodon)
Gertie looks down at a mastodon.
What
A 1914 ink drawing by Winsor McCay for one frame of his animated short Gertie the Dinosaur.
Why
The mastodon in this frame is called Jumbo, and the film was the first animated picture to put a dinosaur on screen.
Notice
The rocks and shoreline are inked in full behind Gertie on grey paper, and pencil numbers sit in the bottom margin.
“One frame, drawn by hand”
Format
The full-resolution, color-managed file — restored honestly, yours to print and keep.
Size
$29.00
Provenance
- Film
- Gertie the Dinosaur (1914)
- Country / studio
- United States
- Designer
- Winsor McCay
- Format
- Other
- Poster published
- U.S. animation drawing, ink on paper, 1914
- Source
- Library of Congress
Rights: CLEAR. Public domain — U.S. 95-year rule (poster published 1930 or earlier). Gated by the poster’s own publication year, never the film’s. Cleared by registry on 2026-07-18.
