 Photo of Francis Barraud's original 1898 His Master's Voice painting depicting an Edison cylinder phonograph | |
| Species | Canis familiaris |
|---|---|
| Breed | Mongrel (part terrier) |
| Sex | Male |
| Born | 1884 Bristol, England |
| Died | September 1895 (aged 10–11) England |
| Resting place | Kingston upon Thames, England 51°24′40″N 0°18′08″W / 51.410990°N 0.302226°W |
| Nation from | Britain |
| Owner | Mark Henry Barraud |
Nipper (1884 – September 1895), also known as the RCA Victor dog, was a dog from Bristol, UK. Bred as a terrier mix, he served as the model for a 1898 painting by British painter Francis Barraud titled His Master's Voice. This image has become one of the world's best known trademarks, the famous dog-and-gramophone pairing that has been used by several record companies and their associated company brands, including Berliner Gramophone and its various affiliates and successors, among them Berliner's German subsidiary Deutsche Grammophon; Berliner's American successor the Victor Talking Machine Co. (later known as RCA Victor and then RCA Records); Zonophone; Berliner's (and later Victor's) British affiliate the Gramophone Co. Ltd. (informally known as His Master's Voice) and its successors EMI and HMV Retail Ltd.; the Gramophone Co.'s German subsidiary Electrola; and former Victor subsidiary the Japan Victor Company (JVC).