The original Nipper painting can be seen at EMI Music's Gloucester Place headquarters in London.

BBC: HMV seeks budding Nipper

Barraud captured Nipper, listening intently to an Edison phonograph, in his 1898 painting His master's Voice.

BBC: HMV seeks budding Nipper

The current Nipper comes from Warrington, Cheshire and got the job after winning a competition on BBC's That's Life series.

BBC: HMV seeks budding Nipper

He said: ''Steve has done a fantastic job in conditioning and training Nipper to become an excellent general purpose police dog.

BBC: Nipper and Constable Ryan Galloway

The original Nipper, who hailed from Bristol, rose to fame after being adopted by artist Francis Barraud, when his original owner died.

BBC: HMV seeks budding Nipper

On August 11, 1988, Gary Carter hit his 300th career home run off of Al Nipper of the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field.

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Nipper, who was named by children at Liff Primary School on the outskirts of Dundee, was born as a result of Tayside's Dog Breeding Programme.

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Through his work the current Nipper has met Sir Cliff Richard, Take That and Harry Enfield and attends about 20 store-openings and events a year.

BBC: HMV seeks budding Nipper

Nipper is now working with his new handler PC Ryan Galloway.

BBC: Nipper and Constable Ryan Galloway

He added: ''That's why in order to get through the licensing process Nipper had to be tested in a number of key areas - tracking, searching, bite work, agility and obedience.

BBC: Nipper and Constable Ryan Galloway

His Master's Voice - the name was august and patrician sounding, the first store opened by Sir Edward Elgar in 1921, and Nipper the dog and the phonograph taken from an 1890s painting.

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