1. Nipper is best known as the subject of the 1898 painting His Master's Voice, painted posthumously by his owner Francis Barraud, that went on to become a famous entertainment symbol.
10 Facts About Nipper
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Nipper was born in 1884 in Bristol, England, and died in September 1895.
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Nipper was likely a mixed-breed dog, although most early sources suggest that he was a Smooth Fox Terrier, or perhaps a Jack Russell Terrier, or possibly "part Bull Terrier".
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Nipper was named Nipper because he would often "nip" at the backs of visitors' legs.
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Nipper originally lived with his owner, Mark Henry Barraud, in the Prince's Theatre where Barraud was a scenery designer.
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Nipper died of natural causes in 1895 and was buried in Kingston upon Thames at Clarence Street, in a small park surrounded by magnolia trees.
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Nipper's likeness has been reproduced into pocket watches, salt and pepper shakers, paperweights, cigar lighters, stuffed toys, coin banks, coffee mugs, T-shirts, neckties and clocks.
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Real dogs played the roles of Nipper and Chipper, but Chipper had to be replaced much more frequently, since his character is a puppy.
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Nipper now sits atop the Maryland Historical Society building at Park Avenue and West Centre Street in Baltimore, and the statue now includes a gramophone.
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In 1984, a life-sized ornament of Nipper appears in the music video of Cyndi Lauper's song "Time After Time".