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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 ...
He is best known as the subject of the 1898 painting His Master's Voice, painted posthumously by his owner Francis Barraud. The painting was purchased by the Gramophone Company (later EMI ) in 1899 but did not begin using Nipper's image on its record labels until 1909.
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.
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 ...
A Gramophone Company label with the original "Recording Angel" trademark, prior to the use of the His Master's Voice.. The Gramophone Company was founded in April 1898 by William Barry Owen and Edmund Trevor Lloyd Wynne Williams, commissioned by Emil Berliner, in London.
The Voice's live shows are narrowing down the field as we head towards the season 24 finale! On Monday, each of the Top 12 singers took the stage for a brand new performance, in the hopes of ...
English: His Master's Voice Advertisement, Surabaya (c 1930s). It lists a number of recent releases in various genres, including kroncong , Sundanese, and Quranic recitation Date
Andra Day. Mat Hayward/Getty Images for The Pāvé Group More than a century after “Lift Every Voice and Sing” was adopted as the “Black national anthem,” Andra Day will perform it to ...