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His Master's Voice is a painting and trademark by Francis Barraud that depicts a dog named Nipper listening to a wind-up disc gramophone whilst tilting his head, created in 1899. [ 1 ] In December 1899, the painting was sold to William Barry Owen of London's Gramophone Company (later a division of EMI ), who would begin using the image on its ...
The novel is written as a first-person narrative, the memoir of a mathematician named Peter Hogarth, who becomes involved in a Pentagon-directed project (code-named "His Master's Voice", or HMV for short [2]) somewhere in the Nevada desert, where scientists are working to decode what seems to be a message from outer space (specifically, a neutrino signal from the Canis Minor constellation).
Nipper (1884 – September 1895) was a British dog.He is best known as the subject of the 1898 painting His Master's Voice, painted posthumously by his owner Francis Barraud.
Francis James Barraud (16 June 1856 – 29 August 1924) was an English painter. He is best known for his painting His Master's Voice, one of the most famous commercial logos in the world, having been adopted as a recording industry trademark used by various corporations including RCA Victor, EMI, HMV, JVC and Deutsche Grammophon.
While the general public in the UK came to refer to the records and company as "His Master's Voice" because of the prominence of the phrase on the record labels, The Gramophone Company was never officially incorporated as His Master's Voice. The painting "His Master's Voice" was made in the 1890s with the dog Nipper listening to an Edison ...
Established in Camden, New Jersey, Victor was the largest and most prestigious firm of its kind in the world, best known for its use of the iconic "His Master's Voice" trademark, the design, production and marketing of the popular "Victrola" line of phonographs and the company's extensive catalog of operatic and classical music recordings by ...
In 1898, Francis Barraud painted His Master's Voice, which depicted his late dog, Nipper, listening to a phonograph.The painting and subsequent trademark rights would be sold and used by the Gramophone Company in 1899 on its equipment and music releases.
His Master's Voice was a British subsidiary label, founded in 1909. It was originally a sub-label of the Gramophone Company releasing classical music . From 1952 to 1967 it also released pop music and signed American talent for British distribution.