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The stretching paintings for Phantom Manor, painted by Imagineer Julie Svendsen, were released by the Disney Gallery as one of their "photo-lithos," which means they are actually photographic prints that come pre-mounted on foam core: four separate windows in the mat, one for each painting. The date of the release, and signing at the gallery, was Oct.30, 1994. Both Svendsen and Marc Davis were there (he to sign a matching set of his stretching room paintings, produced the same way as photo-lithos). I don't know of any other time the Phantom Manor stretching paintings have been reproduced and sold.

Julie Svendson is the daughter of Julius Svendsen, who worked on many Disney films. In either the big Imagineering book, or the big Disneyland Paris book (can't recall which), there is a lovely painting of Phantom Manor in its original (pre-rundown) state--it was done by Svendsen, but there's no credit in the caption.