 Photograph of the original painting of Nipper looking into an Edison Bell cylinder phonograph.
Francis Barraud's modified version painting of Nipper listening to a disc gramophone Nipper was a dog that served as the model for a painting entitled His Master's Voice, which later became identified with a series of audio recording brands, including RCA. Image File history File links OriginalNipper. ...
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Trinomial name Canis lupus familiaris The dog Canis lupus is a type of canine, a mammal in the order Carnivora. ...
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Biography
Nipper was born in 1884 in Bristol, England, and died in September 1895. He was a mixed-breed dog, part Bull Terrier with a trace of Fox Terrier. It has also been claimed in various sources that he was a Fox Terrier, a Rat Terrier, or an American Pit Bull Terrier (unlikely, since he was not an American dog). He was named Nipper because he tried to bite visitors in the leg. 1884 (MDCCCLXXXIV) is a leap year starting on Tuesday (click on link to calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Thursday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ...
Bristol (IPA: ) is a city, unitary authority and ceremonial county in South West England, 115 miles (185 km) west of London and between the cities of Bath, Gloucester and the borough of Swindon. ...
Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London (de facto) Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification - by Athelstan AD 927 Area - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK) 50,346 sq mi Population - 2006 est. ...
1895 (MDCCCXCV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ...
This small dog of unknown parentage may be part Chihuahua or Miniature Pinscher. ...
The Bull Terrier is a breed of dog in the terrier family. ...
The Smooth Fox Terrier shows a typical perky terrier expression. ...
The Smooth Fox Terrier shows a typical perky terrier expression. ...
The Rat Terrier is an American dog breed with a rich and varied background as an all-around farm dog. ...
The American PitBull Terrier (APBT) is a breed of dog in the terrier group, one of several breeds loosely classified as pit bulls. ...
After Nipper's death in 1895, his owner Francis Barraud painted a picture of Nipper listening intently to a wind-up Edison-Bell cylinder phonograph, because cylinder phonographs were capable of making home recordings. It was three years after Nipper's death that he painted this picture of Nipper listening to the home recording of Francis's deceased brother Mark Barraud (died 1887), to whom the dog had previously belonged. Both Nipper and the phonograph were shown sitting on what appears to be the lid of a coffin in the original work. In 1899 the painting was bought by the Gramophone Company, which commissioned the artist to paint out the Edison-Bell machine and replace it with one of theirs. Technically, this modification rendered the painting meaningless, since gramophones were not capable of recording, but the public seemed not to have noticed this error, as this modified form became the successful trademark of Victor and HMV records, HMV music stores, and RCA. (See HMV for a complete history of the brands based on Nipper.) Category: ...
Thomas Alva Edison (February 11, 1847 - October 18, 1931) was an inventor and businessman who developed many important devices. ...
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The Gramophone Company, based in the United Kingdom, was one of the early recording companies. ...
Victor logo with the famous Nipper dog. ...
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Nipper was buried in Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, in a small park surrounded by Magnolia trees. Later, above the grave, was built a branch of Lloyds TSB, and on the wall of the bank is a brass plaque commemorating the famous terrier which lies beneath it. Kingston upon Thames, part of the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, is an ancient market town where Saxon kings were crowned, and is now a lively suburb of London. ...
Lloyds TSB Group plc is a group of financial services companies, based in the United Kingdom, which was created in 1995 following the merger of the TSB Group and the Lloyds Bank Group. ...
Nipper lives on through the brand names; he even appeared in ads on television with his "son", a puppy named Chipper who was added to the RCA family in 1991[1].Real dogs continue to play the roles of Nipper and Chipper but Chipper has to be replaced much more frequently since his character is in fact a puppy. Fans of the dog advertising icon created a popular website called Nipperscape which went offline in 2005 but is preserved on a mirror site - Nipperscape Mirror.
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