Nipper
Francis Barraud's original painting of Nipper looking into an Edison Bell cylinder phonograph
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| Species | Canis lupus familiaris |
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| Breed | Mongrel (part Jack Russell Terrier) |
| Sex | Male |
| Born | 1884 Bristol, England |
| Died | 1895 (aged 11) England |
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Kingston upon Thames, England Coordinates: 51°24′40″N 0°18′08″W / 51.410990°N 0.302226°W |
| Nation from | British |
| Owner | Mark Henry Barraud |
Nipper (1884–1895) was a dog who served as the model for a painting titled His Master's Voice. This image was the basis for the dog-and-gramophone logo used by several audio recording and associated brands: Victor Talking Machine Company, Gramophone Company, Berliner Gramophone, His Master's Voice, HMV, EMI, RCA, RCA Victor, Victrola, Electrola, Bluebird, Zonophone, JVC and Deutsche Grammophon.
Nipper was born in 1884 in Bristol, England, and died in September 1895. He was a mixed-breed dog and probably part Jack Russell Terrier, although some sources suggest that he was a Smooth Fox Terrier, or "part Bull Terrier". He was named Nipper because he would bite the backs of visitors' legs.
Nipper originally lived with his owner, Mark Henry Barraud, in the Prince's Theatre where Barraud was a scenery designer. When Barraud died in 1887, his brothers Philip and Francis took care of the dog. Nipper himself died of natural causes in 1895 and was buried in Kingston upon Thames in Clarence Street, in a small park surrounded by magnolia trees. As time progressed the area was built upon, and a branch of Lloyds Bank now occupies the site. On the wall of the bank, just inside the entrance, a brass plaque commemorates the terrier that lies beneath the building.
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