ROSS VIRGIL: (1907-1996)

ROSS VIRGIL: (1907-1996) American cartoonist and animator, best known for his collaboration with Friz Freleng and for animating many of the Warner Bros. cartoons, particularly those featuring Bugs Bunny. A good original graphite and coloured pencils drawing executed and signed by Virgil Ross, one page (animation peg hole paper), folio (approximately 27 x 32 cm), n.p., n.d. (1990s). The image depicts Daffy Duck in a full-length profile pose, in costume as a Western-type hero, angrily confronting the Mexican rogue Nasty Canasta, from the Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon Drip-Along Daffy (1951). Signed by Ross in pencil with his name alone to the base. VG