His Master's Voice

Canon EOS 6D - f/13 - 1/5 sec - 100mm - ISO 200

 

- for challenge Flickr group 'Smile on Saturay!;) ,

theme: 'Crazy Couples'

- Thanks to Joeke P., who's comment on a lily photo inspired me.

 

- His Master's Voice, abbreviated HMV, is a famous trademark in the music and recording industry and was the unofficial name of a major British record label. The name was coined in the 1890s as the title of a painting of a dog named Nipper, listening to a wind-up gramophone.

 

The trademark image comes from a painting by English artist Francis Barraud and titled His Master's Voice. It was acquired from the artist in 1899 by the newly formed Gramophone Company and adopted by the Victor Talking Machine Company in the United States.

According to contemporary Gramophone Company publicity material, the dog, a terrier named Nipper, had originally belonged to Barraud's brother, Mark. When Mark Barraud died, Francis inherited Nipper, with a cylinder phonograph and recordings of Mark's voice. Francis noted the peculiar interest that the dog took in the recorded voice of his late master emanating from the horn, and conceived the idea of committing the scene to canvas.

 

See picture in the first comment !

Done