Nipper was a dog from England. He is best known as the subject of His Master's Voice, painted posthumously by his second owner, Francis Barraud. The painting became an international entertainment trad
Photo taken in 1898 or 1899 of Francis Barraud's original His Master's Voice painting (1898) depicting Nipper listening to an Edison cylinder phonograph
A large statue of Nipper in a glass presentation in the Musée des ondes Emile Berliner museum, in Montreal, Canada.
One of four stained glass windows atop the "Nipper Building", the former RCA Victor Building 17 in Camden, New Jersey. This photo, taken from inside the tower, shows the 2003 replacement of the 1979 replacement of the original 1915 glass.
The statue of Nipper on the roof of the former RCA distribution building in Albany, New York, pictured in 2010.
His Master's Voice is an entertainment trademark featuring a dog named Nipper, looking into the horn of a wind-up gramophone. Painted by Francis Barraud in 1898, the image has since become a symbol us
Nipper
…Nipper (c. 1884 – September 1895) was a dog from England. He is best known as the subject of His Master's Voice (1898), painted posthumously by his second owner, Francis Barraud. The painting became an international entertainment trademark, with Nipper's likeness…
His Master's Voice (1898) by Francis Barraud, amended in 1899 to display a gramophone.
The His Master's Voice trademark has appeared on many record labels, such as this 1928 Whispering Jack Smith release from The Gramophone Company in the United Kingdom.
Following EMI's retirement of the British His Master's Voice record label in 1993, the trademark then became best known in the United Kingdom as the logo for the HMV entertainment retailer.
The Victor Talking Machine Company in the United States used the His Master's Voice trademark from 1901 onwards. The above example is an advertisement from 1921.